Robert Ferguson, The Plotter: Or The Secret Of The Rye-House Conspiracy And The Story Of A Strange Career (1887) is a historical book written by James Ferguson. The book is based on the true story of Robert Ferguson, a Scottish political agitator who played a key role in the Rye-House Plot of 1683. The Rye-House Plot was a failed assassination attempt on King Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York, which aimed to replace them with a Protestant...