Liberty or death

Description:

This is an excellent summary of working class movements in the Huddersfield area of Yorkshire in the period of the French revolution and it's aftermath. Primary sources are used, some of them for the first time, to give a vivid picture of the period. Racy, well written and informative it is a must for anyone interested in this period.

subjects: History,  Luddites,  Politics and government,  Radicalism,  Republicanism

People: Arthur Thistlewood,  Thomas Spence,  George Mellor.

Places: England,  Huddersfield (England)

Times: 1790s-1820s.