Liberty or Death by Ray Hemmings
This work chronicles the movement for parliamentary reform in the latter part of the 18th century. It is a history seen through the eyes of two very different reformers: Thomas Hardy, a Scottish shoemaker who moved to London in 1792 and founded the London Corresponding Society - a political society for working men, and John Cartwright, who came from the landed gentry and founded the Society for Constitutional Information - whose members were educated and from the middle and upper classes. These two only met once and the author traces their interweaving activities against a background of political, social and economic change. Thomas Hardy was imprisoned for treason for demanding the right of working man to vote. The treason trials of 1794 were directed against both societies, although John Cartwright himself was not imprisoned.
"a well written and..outstanding book which illuminates a little-known period of English history" Brian Simon, Professor Emeritus of the University of Leicester; "I thought it very well done. The account of Thomas Hardy's trial is the best I have ever read." John Saville, Professor Emeritus in Economic History at the University of Hull"
Ray Hemmings was Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Education at Leicester University until 1982. Upon retiring he has devoted himself to his long-standing interest in history, and now writes full time. His other publications include a biography of A.S.Neill, Fifty Years of Freedom (Allen & Unwin, 1972).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780853159070 |
| ISBN 10 | 0853159076 |
| Title | Liberty or Death |
| Author | Ray Hemmings |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lawrence & Wishart Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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