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Peterloo: the story of the Manchester massacre

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Manchester, August 1819: 60,000 people had gathered in the cause of parliamentary reform.

To those defending the status quo, the vote was not a universal right, but a privilege of wealth and land ownership.

To radical reformers the fundamental overhaul of a corrupt system was long overdue.

The people had come to hear one such reformer, Henry Hunt, walking to the sound of hymns and folk songs.

By the end of the day 15 of them were dead or mortally wounded, and 650 injured, hacked down by drunken yeomanry after local magistrates panicked at the scale of the meeting.

The British state, four years after defeating the 'tyrant' Bonaparte at Waterloo, had turned its forces against its own people, as they exercised their liberties.

Riding's book ties in to Mike Leigh's forthcoming film 'Peterloo', for which the author washistorical advisor, in advance of the bicentenary of Peterloo in 2019.

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Apollo Library
1786695820 / 9781786695826
eBook (EPUB)
18/10/2018
United Kingdom
English
288 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
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