VIOLENT LONDON 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts

Bloom (Clive)

ISBN 10: 0230275591 / ISBN 13: 9780230275591

Published by Palgrave/Macmillan, 2010

About this Item

Softcover. Revised Edn. Almost as soon as it was built, London suffered the first of many acts of violent protest, when Boudica and her followers set fire to the city in AD 60. Ever since, the capital's streets have been a forum for popular insurrection. Covering nearly 2,000 years of political protest, this is a riveting alternative history of past and present conflict. Illus. + Map, Appendices, Notes and Index. 577pp. softcover. DEDICATED COPY SIGNED BY CLIVE BLOOM. Lightly sunned edges o/w Vg+.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: VIOLENT LONDON 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts
• Publisher: Palgrave/Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230275591
• ISBN 13: 9780230275591
• Binding: Softcover / Paperback
• Edition: 3rd edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: signed by author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Regional Crime (Domestic and Foreign)

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Synopsis

Almost as soon as it was built, London suffered the first of many acts of violent protest, when Boudica and her followers set fire to the city in AD 60. Ever since, the capital's streets have been a forum for popular insurrection. Covering nearly 2,000 years of political protest, this is a riveting alternative history of past and present conflict.

About the Author

Clive Bloom is Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex University, UK. Widely published and Series Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Crime Files series, he is the author of Violent London and Riot City, amongst many other titles.