Three Accounts of Peterloo

About this film

LibriVox recording of Three Accounts of Peterloo, by Francis Archibald Bruton. Read by Phil Benson. A companion volume to F.A. Bruton's 'The Story of Peterloo', the full title of this short collection is 'Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewitnesses, Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial'. The three contemporary accounts, each with a short introduction by the editor, give different perspectives on the events of 16 August 1819, when a troop of Hussars accompanied by the local Yeomanry rode into a peaceful reform rally at St. Peter's Fields, Manchester, leaving 18 dead and more than 700 injured. (Summary by Phil Benson) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B audio book (59mb)

Directors & creators

Francis Archibald Bruton

Subjects

LibriVox; audiobook; history; English history; Labour movement; Lancashire; Manchester; Massacre; Hussars

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