Henry Garnet, 1555-1606, and the Gunpowder Plot by Philip Caraman explores the life of the English Jesuit Superior executed for his alleged involvement in the 1605 plot to blow up Parliament. Garnet, who knew of the plot via confession, was executed on May 3, 1606, for failing to stop the Catholic conspiracy. A biography, details his pastoral struggles and his role as a martyr in the eyes of Catholics, despite being viewed as a traitor by the state.