Three Accounts of Peterloo by BRUTON, Francis Archibald

A companion volume to F.A. Brutons 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 Stanleys 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. Peters Fields, Manchester, leaving 18 dead and more than 700 injured. (Summary by Phil Benson)