The Peterloo Massacre
Historian and author Jacqueline Riding discusses the tragic events of August 1819
![18th August 1819: 'The Massacre of Peterloo or Britons Strike Home', by George Cruikshank. (Photo by Spencer Arnold/Getty Images) 18th August 1819: 'The Massacre of Peterloo or Britons Strike Home', by George Cruikshank (Photo by Spencer Arnold/Getty Images)](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/7/2018/10/Podcast-FB-Jacqueline-Riding-22990d1.jpg?quality=90&crop=5px,0px,946px,630px&resize=980,654)
Published: October 29, 2018 at 3:54 PM
Historian and author Jacqueline Riding discusses the tragic events of August 1819, where cavalry dispersed a large meeting for political reform in Manchester, leading to several deaths and hundreds of injuries. Jacqueline also consulted on the Peterloo film which is released in a few days’ time.
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