Popish Plot saying that "the King gets the curse of many good and faithful wives such as myself for his bad example". Danby, who seems initially to have believed in the Plot, advised the king to order an investigation. Charles II denied the request, maintaining that the entire affair was absurd. He told Danby to keep the events secret so as not to put the idea of regicide into people's minds. However, word of the manuscript spread to the Duke of York, who publicly called for an investigation into the matter. Even Charles admitted that given the sheer number of allegations, he
The Passover Plot The Passover Plot The Passover Plot is a 1965 conspiracy theory book by British biblical scholar Hugh J. Schonfield, who also published a translation of the New Testament with a Jewish perspective. The book was adapted into a film, "The Passover Plot" (1976). Based on his research into the social and religious culture in which Jesus was born, lived and died, and into other literature, including the source documents of the Gospels, Schonfield reached the following conclusions: The culmination of his plan was to be his death (the crucifixion), his resurrection and his reign as the true kingly and priestly