Rise Like Lions: The History and Lessons of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 "On 16 August 1819 Manchester's Yeomanry Cavalry rode into thousands of unarmed protesters who were campaigning for political representation. They killed 18 and injured over 650. Journalists called the massacre Peterloo after Waterloo, where four years earlier British forces had won a famous battle against Napoleon. Peterloo was the war on the home front--it was a war on the emerging working class movement. Mark Krantz tells the story of those protesters, their aims and their dreams. Two centuries on their words still echo: 'Liberty is the Birthright of Man and Labour is the Source of Wealth'"-- Back cover. |
