The Radical Rising: The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 - Brossura

Ellis, P. Berresford; MAC A' Ghobhainn, Seumas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780273835 ISBN 13: 9781780273839

Casa editrice: Birlinn Ltd, 2016

Riassunto

Glasgow, April 1820. The last armed uprising on British soil, intent on severing the Union and establishing a radical Scottish republic, ended in executions, imprisonments, transportations and 85 trails for high treason. Yet despite its political and social importance, the story of this working-class revolution vanished from the historical record. This book restores the radical rising to its rightful place in history, offering an incisive analysis of the rising itself and the events which led up to it, vividly recapturing the extraordinary heroism of its leaders, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, and the savagery with which the movement was crushed by the forces of the British state.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Peter Berresford Ellis, an acknowledged expert on the Celtic world, is an historian, literary biographer and novelist. He is author of the bestselling Sister Fidelma historical mysteries (writing as Peter Tremayne).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Birlinn Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1780273835
• ISBN 13: 9781780273839
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 408
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile