
The Radical Rising
The Scottish Insurrection of 1820
Birlinn Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 23. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-78027-383-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'An astonishing book' * Observer * 'Read this book ... it should affect you to pity and admiration' * Guardian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Illustrations
16 Plates, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78027-383-9 (9781780273839)
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Peter Berresford Ellis | Seumas Mac a' Ghobhainn
The Radical Rising
The Scottish Insurrection of 1820
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Persons
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).
Seumas Mac a' Ghobainn was a Scottish author, essayist and propagandist who died in 1987. He was co-author (with Peter Berresford Ellis) of The Problem of Language Revival (1971).
Seumas Mac a' Ghobainn was a Scottish author, essayist and propagandist who died in 1987. He was co-author (with Peter Berresford Ellis) of The Problem of Language Revival (1971).