Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts

Clive Bloom

ISBN 10: 0283073101 / ISBN 13: 9780283073106

Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2003

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Hardback. This is the story of an alternative London, as well as an alternative political history of the British Isles, outside parliamentary process, sometimes popular, sometimes conspiratorial, in direct confrontation with the forces of the state, its police, military and secret service. Illustrated. 597 pp.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts
• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0283073101
• ISBN 13: 9780283073106
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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Synopsis

The complex and fascinating nature of London has provided fertile ground for bestselling social histories by writers like Roy Porter and Peter Ackroyd. For the first time a book explores the capital's secret history - the underground world of radicals and subversives from Boudicca and Wat Tyler to the anti-globalization riots of the Chartists, Suffragettes, Mosleyites and IRA. Violent London is an account of political activism expressed in street fighting and slum warfare, assassinations and bombings. The main characters are demagogues and democrats, lunatics and libertarians, bigots and social revolutionaries. The story traces the growth of London as a capital adn as a major city, following the people who live, work, demonstrate, fight and die in its violent byways. With its strong characters and dramatic narrative, Violent London is a riveting examination of past and present conflict, revealing a hidden thread in London's living history.

About the Author

Clive Bloom is Professor of English and American Studies, Middlesex University.