Portion of title |
Secret histories of Britain's rebels and revoluntinaries |
Contents |
Enemies of the State. The machinery of government -- The King's peace -- Gathering intelligence -- Recruitment -- New ideas -- Treason and sedition -- Spies, ships and secrets. Growing tensions -- A spy is caught -- The Bantry Bay Disaster -- The Black Legion arrives -- Mutiny! -- The `Spy Nozy' Affair -- Ireland Ablaze! A rebel priest -- Insurrection! -- Invasion! -- Robert Emmet's rebellion -- Inside the Secret Societies -- The origins of a conspiracy -- The Manchester Connection -- Treasonable practices -- Daring Despard -- The Sons of Liberty -- Outlawed! -- A mysterious Yorkshire plot -- Despard's downfall -- S is for Spy. An assassin strikes -- The Nottinghamshire Luddites -- `Enoch Shall Smash Them' -- Trouble looms in the North-West -- A rebel underground? -- Strange lights on the moors -- The people's champions. A desperate character -- The Spa Fields Riot -- The North-West connection -- A nst of spies -- The Blanketeers -- The Ardwick conspiracy -- Oliver's Army. Oliver's tour -- The Nottingham agent -- A trap is sprung -- A wild goose chase -- Recruits for a rebellion -- A spy unmasked. The Yorkshire rising -- The Pentrich Rebels -- Exposed! -- The traitors' trial -- `The Last Grand Secret' -- Shegoe the spy -- The Peterloo Massacre -- The Benevolent patriots -- The Northern connection -- The Cato Street conspiracy -- `Scotland free, or Scotland a desart' -- The Grange Moor Rising -- A sincere revolutionary. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2015509936 |
ISBN | 9781783400614 |
ISBN | 1783400617 |
Standard identifier# |
60002059434 |