Peterloo: Voices, Sabres and Silence - Softcover

Phythian, Graham

 
9780750967495: Peterloo: Voices, Sabres and Silence
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0750967498 ISBN 13: 9780750967495
Verlag: The History Press, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

On 16 August 1819 on St Peter s Field, Manchester, a peaceful demonstration of some 60,000 workers and reformers was brutally dispersed by sabrewielding cavalry, resulting in at least fifteen dead and over 600 injured. Within days the slaughter was named Peter-loo , as an ironic reference to the battleground of Waterloo.Now the subject of a major film, this highly detailed yet readable narrative, based almost entirely on eyewitness reports and contemporary documents, brings the events of that terrible day vividly to life.In a world in which the legitimacy of facts is in constant jeopardy from media and authoritarian bias, the lessons to be learned from the bloodshed and the tyrannical aftermath are as pertinent today as they were 200 years ago. Film director Mike Leigh has defined Peterloo as the event that becomes more relevant with every new episode of our crazy times .

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GRAHAM PHYTHIAN is a retired teacher who has a great interest in local history. He has written a local history column for the South Manchester Reporter and is a regular contributor to Soccer History magazine.He is the author of eight books on regional and sport history, including and Manchester at War (2014) and Blitz Britain: Manchester & Salford (2015), both published by The History Press. He lives in Chorlton.

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Verlag
The History Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750967498
ISBN 13 
9780750967495
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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