Mike Matthews: 1 book
Captain Swing in Sussex and Kent: Rural Rebellion in 1830
The Untold Story of Rural Class War in the South-East
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2014
IN 1830, after the prolonged agricultural recession that followed the close of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, a series of riots swept across England’s southern counties. The outbreaks went on to spread, largely unchecked, into East Anglia, the Midlands and several northern counties, eventually to...
