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Titolo |
The Cato Street conspiracy : plotting, counter-intelligence and the revolutionary tradition in Britain and Ireland / / edited by Jason McElligott and Martin Conboy [[electronic resource]] |
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Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2020 |
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ISBN |
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1-5261-5054-9 |
1-5261-4499-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource.) |
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Collana |
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Manchester scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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