The Clerkenwell Riot: The Killing of Constable Culley

by Gavin Thurston

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1967, examines the implications of a now-forgotten minor riot that occurred in 1833, a turbulent year with the working classes striving for recognition in a changing social order. A political meeting in London had been declared illegal, the police breaking up the crowd were met with resistance, and in the fracas a policeman was stabbed to death. A bad-tempered inquest followed, at which the jury returned a verdict...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103203078X
• ISBN13: 9781032030784
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"