Following is a list of sites in London associated
with Spys and Spying
- Cato Street Plot - Terrorists
- On the 23-Feb 1820 a plot to kill the entire cabinet, and then parade there head through the City, was planned here.
- Da Vinci Code - National Gallery
- Langdon gave a lecture there entitled - The Secret Life of Leonardo: Pagan Symbolism in Christian Art. Ch 8
- Gun Powder Plot - Terrorists
- Guy Fawkes and his co plotters, on the 5 Nov 1606, attempted to blow up the House of Commons during the Kings speech, when almost everybody of any importance would be there. The aim was to overthrow the protestant state and bring an Catholic one. Fortunately the plot was discovered and plotter later executed.
- Markov, Georgi - Spys
- Assasinated Bulgarian defector. Was poked in the leg with an umbrella, and died 2 days later. It turns out he had been darted with ricin poison.
- MI5 - Spys
- The former headquarters of MI5 used to be here at 140 Gower Street
- Percival, Spencer Prime Minister - Assassination
- On the 11 May 1812 as he was entering the House of Commons, the Prime Minister Spencer Percival was shot dead by John Bellingham. As part of the security clamp down troops sealed off London and all mail was stopped to prevent any potential plot. It later became clear that Bellingham, was unbalanced and acting alone, he executed the following week.
- SZABO, Violett, GC (1921-1945),
- Secret Agent, lived here. She gave her life for the French Resistance.
- TURING, Alan (1912-1954),
- FATHER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, MATHEMATICIAN, LOGICIAN, WARTIME CODEBREAKER, creator of the Turings test, VICTIM OF PREJUDICE. Was born here.
- Walsingham, Sir Francis (1532-1590) - Spys
- Died here. He was Elizabeths 1 Secretary of State in succession to Cecil, but is more infamous as the founder of the Ehglish Secret Service. It is no exaggeration to say that, on his skill in unravelling plots, the life of the Queen, and with that life the future of an independent Protestant England, really depended. In particular, it was his skill in tracking out the Babington Conspiracy of 1585 that brought Mary, Queen of Scots, to the block.
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