A radical history of Britain
Subtitle: visionaries, rebels and revolutionaries : the men and women who fought for our freedoms
By: Edward Vallance.
Publisher: Little, Brown; Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
ISBN-13: 9781408700501
Subjects: Libertarianism -- Great Britain -- History; Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History; Revolutionaries -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Politics and government
Description: "From medieval Runnymede to twentieth-century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, a rich and colourful thread of radicalism runs through a thousand years of British history. In this fascinating study, Edward Vallance traces a national tendency towards revolution, irreverence and reform wherever it surfaces and in all its variety. For the first time in one volume, Vallance unveils the British yeomen and preachers, millworkers, poets, miners and intellectuals who fought and died for religious freedom, universal suffrage, justice and liberty - and shows why, now more than ever, their heroic achievements must be recognized and celebrated."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [594]-608) and index.