HE was the man behind the most notorious plot in British history, yet many have never heard his name. Here is what we know about Robert Catesby, his part in the gunpowder plot and his relation to Game ...

Although Liv Tyler and Tom Cullen are also in Gunpowder, Kit Harington is the face of the HBO miniseries. As he stars as Robert Catesby, it makes sense that Harington is the dominating presence in the ...

“Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington will play his ancestor Robert Catesby, the mastermind behind the failed Gunpowder Plot, in “Gunpowder,” an upcoming BBC miniseries. Catesby was the leader of the ...

It is no secret that the 18th-century British natural history artist Mark Catesby occasionally copied the work of his predecessors. His sketch of a land crab bears a striking resemblance to a ...

When Gunpowder premieres on HBO Dec. 18, viewers will be expecting action-packed drama. But, this drama comes with a side of very real history, and Robert Catesby from Gunpowder is a real person. In ...

Robert Catesby was born around 1572 in Warwickshire to a Catholic family in newly-Protestant England. He was said to be charismatic and made friends easily – many of whom remained fiercely loyal to ...

SALISBURY — If you were to travel to the “Antiques Road Show” and plop down before the appraiser a bound, two-volume set of Mark Catesby’s “The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama ...

Introduction -- 1. Catesby's World -- 2. Catesby's Life and Character -- 3. Catesby's Publications -- 4. Catesby as Artist -- 5. Catesby as Horticulturist -- Catesby as Naturalist -- Appendices -- ...

The Smithsonian Libraries presents “The Curious Mister Catesby,” a panel lecture and book signing, Tuesday, April 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Baird Auditorium at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural ...

It is no secret that the 18th-century British natural history artist Mark Catesby occasionally copied the work of his predecessors. His sketch of a land crab bears a striking resemblance to a ...