The Scum of the Earth: What Happened to the Real British Heroes of Waterloo?

by Colin Brown

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The Scum of the Earth follows the men Wellington called just that from victory at Waterloo to a Regency Britain at war with itself, and explodes some of the myths on the way; such as that the defeat of Napoleon ended the threat of revolution spreading from France. Did the victorious soldiers return to a land fit for heroes? They did not. In 1819, the Peterloo massacre saw 15 killed and at least 500 injured when cavalry sabred a crowd demanding...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0750989173

ISBN13:9780750989176

Release Date:March 2019

Publisher:History Press

Length:250 Pages

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