UID:
almafu_9959860675102883
Format:
1 online resource (1 online resource.)
ISBN:
1-5261-4500-6
,
1-5261-5054-9
,
1-5261-4499-9
Series Statement:
Manchester scholarship online
Content:
On 23 February 1820 a group of radicals were arrested in Cato Street off the Edgware Road in London. They were within 60 minutes of setting out to assassinate the British cabinet. Five of the conspirators were subsequently executed and another five were transported for life to Australia. The plotters were a mixture of English, Scottish and Irish tradesmen, and one was a black Jamaican. They were motivated by a desire to avenge the `Peterloo' massacre and intended to declare a republic, which they believed would encourage popular risings in London and across Britain. This volume of essays uses contemporary reports by Home Office spies and informers to assess the seriousness of the conspiracy. This book explains the conspiracy, and why you have never heard of it.
Note:
Also issued in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5261-4498-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781526144997
