The Mask of Anarchy Written On the Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester
Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781147074871 (1147074879)
ASIN: 1147074879
Publish date: 2010-03-09
Publisher: Nabu Press
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
This poem was written after what was known as the Peterloo Massacre which occurred in Manchester in 1819. It was four years after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and England had fallen into recession, and the north of the country had been hit particularly hard. In response to this the working class b...