The History of the World by Thomas Harriet

Henry percy was implicated in a tertiary way the gunpowder plot, which was a failed effort to assassinate james the first. He had appointed thomas as a gentleman pensioner without express permission from the king. Thomas harriet was detained briefly under the charge of having cast the king's horoscope. But he was released after being only briefly imprisoned. Harriet helped him with his massive history of the world writing project and looked after the education of algernon percy,. The tenth earl of northumberland.