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Three Accounts of Peterloo

Gelesen von Phil Benson

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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) (2 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Front matter, Introduction

6:07

Read by Phil Benson

Bishop Stanley

29:58

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Stanley's evidence at the trial

22:31

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Sir William Joliffe

18:12

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John Benjamin Smith

21:49

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Appendix A and B

29:49

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