- Published: 10 August 2017
- ISBN: 9781473554771
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
The Peterloo Massacre
- Published: 10 August 2017
- ISBN: 9781473554771
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
[A] fascinating account of Peterloo.
Literary Review
[A] magnificent volume of dramatic history.
Manchester Evening News
The Peterloo Massacre is an absorbing analysis of one of the blackest days for civil liberties which this country has ever known. It is a story of heroes and villains, of suffering and carnage and of incompetence, betrayal and brutality, told with the skill of a master craftsman who makes history leap from the page fresh as the morning’s newspapers . . . Mr Reid’s definitive account of Peterloo is splendidly written.
Evening Chronicle
Robert Reid’s narrative style in describing the people, background and motivation behind all this cannot be faulted. He writes sympathetically and readably, but always retains a sense of perspective. A well-researched book on one of English social history’s unhappiest days.
Eastern Evening News
A stirring account of the "massacre" and its background . . . He strips away the myths and endeavours to show what actually happened and why.
Yorkshire Post
Dr Robert Reid is an accomplished author in whose hands history comes alive in a remarkable way . . . A valuable addition to the history of a turbulent period in English history.
Guernsey Evening Press & Star
[A] careful and lucid account of Peterloo.
Sunday Times
From an awe-inspiring range of sources Dr Reid has constructed a narrative that reads like a political thriller in which numerous threads are drawn together in the bloody climax. Each character is fleshed out with his ambitions, abilities and achievements . . . [A] devastatingly comprehensive epic . . . The book will inform and invigorate anyone with an interest in history, drawing intriguing parallels with contemporary ideology.
Newbury Weekly News
Within this often-pulsating commentary there is a perceptive narrative on the influence of technology on social and political life.
Oldham Evening Chronicle
There are many accounts of the Peterloo Massacre but none as thoroughly researched as this one. The characters . . . come alive in his easy to read style . . . there is much to be learned from Rober Reid’s description and analysis of the role and effects of technology, and I hope his book will be widely read. It should be in every school library and discussed by all those involved in the continuing search for civilised solutions to the social and political problems currently facing our people.
Camden Journal
Vivid and rather brilliant.
The Times