The Radical Rising
The Scottish Insurrection of 1820
Published on 23. May 2016
432 pages
978-0-85790-897-1 (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
File size
1,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-85790-897-1 (9780857908971)
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Peter Berresford Ellis | Seumas Mac a' Ghobhainn
The Radical Rising
The Scottish Insurrection of 1820
Book
05/2016
Birlinn Ltd
€38.56
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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).
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Map
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to the 1989 Edition
- Preface to the 2001 Edition
- Foreword by Hugh MacDiarmid
- 1 Insurrection!
- 2 The Union
- 3 Scottish Republicanism
- 4 The United Scotsmen
- 5 The Growth of Radicalism
- 6 Richmond - The Spy
- 7 The Paisley Riots
- 8 Plans for the Rising
- 9 'Liberty or Death!'
- 10 The Battle of Bonnymuir
- 11 The Rising at Strathaven
- 12 The Greenock Affair
- 13 'Perfect Tranquillity'
- 14 'Oyer and Terminer'
- 15 The Trials
- 16 'This Mummery of a Trial!'
- 17 'Murder! Murder! Murder!'
- 18 'Revolution or Tyranny?'
- Appendices
- 1 The Letters of John Baird and Andrew Hardie from Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle
- 2 Alleged declaration of James Wilson in the Death Cell
- 3 Songs of the 1820 Rising
- Selected Bibliography and Addendum
- Index
