PETERLOO MASSACRE (JOYCE MARLOW)

The Peterloo Massacre of 1819 was one of the key moments of the age, a political awakening of the working class which eventually led to ordinary people gaining suffrage. In this definitive account Joyce Marlow tells the stories of the real people involved and brings to life the atrocity the government attempted to cover up. The Massacre is soon to be the subject of a major film directed by Mike Leigh.