Popish Plot Popish Plot The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy concocted by Titus Oates that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria. Oates alleged that there was an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II, accusations that led to the executions of at least 22 men and precipitated the Exclusion Bill Crisis. Eventually Oates's intricate web of accusations fell apart, leading to his arrest and conviction for perjury. The fictitious Popish Plot must be understood against the background of the English Reformation and the subsequent development of a strong anti-Catholic sentiment among the mostly
The Animal-Cracker Plot is a tropical world occupying the same star system as Krishna, de Camp's primary setting for the "Viagens Interplanetarias" series. As dated in "The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens" and the 1959 version of de Camp's essay "The Krishna Stories", the action of "The Animal-Cracker Plot" takes place in the year 2120 CE. One of Koshay's later operations is the subject of the story "Git Along!" set on the planet Osiris. The Animal-Cracker Plot "The Animal-Cracker Plot" is a science fiction short story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, a story in his "Viagens Interplanetarias" series.