{"product_id":"peterloo-book-percy-bysshe-shelley-9781910146408","title":"Peterloo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Peterloo Massacre took place in Manchester 200 years ago. The authorities ordered armed cavalry to charge a large, peaceable crowd that was gathered to press for parliamentary representation. It is thought that fifteen people were killed and over 600 injured.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It all seems so unfair. They were inarticulate. They had come, with all the hilarity of a general holiday, to ask that they might have a Voice. They were met by the bungling of incompetent authorities, behind whom loomed the great, strong, repressive Government, saying: I am God, and King, and Law, backed by a House of Commons that was hopelessly unrepresentative.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Massacre has been called one of the defining moments of its age, however the government's response was to suppress opposition and those people calling for parliamentary reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 200th anniversary edition reprints \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Peterloo\u003c\/i\u003e which was written for the centenary of 16 August 1919 by F.A. Bruton. It also contains Percy Bysshe Shelley's poetic response to the Massacre, \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes all the photos from Bruton's book as well as two maps to locate the scene of the Massacre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in this 200th anniversary edition are annotations to aid readers' understanding of the background behind the people involved and some of the archaic terms used.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49578149019921,"sku":"GOR013724087","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1910146404.jpg?v=1750899985","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/peterloo-book-percy-bysshe-shelley-9781910146408","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}