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Jason (Hrsg.) Mcelligott

The Cato Street Conspiracy

Plotting, counter-intelligence and the revolutionary tradition in Britain and Ireland

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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 sixty 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, Scots 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… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Conboy, Martin (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-5261-4500-0
  • EAN: 9781526145000
  • Produktnummer: 33292361
  • Verlag: Princeton University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 216 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 809 KB

Über den Autor


Jason McElligott is the Director of Marsh's Library, Dublin, Ireland Martin Conboy is Professor of Journalism History at the University of Sheffield

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