A Devilish Kind of Courage – Anarchists, Aliens and the Siege of Sidney Street : Anarchists, Aliens and the Siege of Sidney Street
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1789148448
ISBN-13
9781789148442
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Imprint
Reaktion Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 1st, 2024
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
550 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.40 x 3.20 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish history20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000HistoryEuropean history
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The tale of a notorious 1911 London gunfight, the ‘Siege of Sidney Street’, and its consequences.
On 3 January 1911, in the heart of London’s mainly Jewish East End, police discovered Latvian revolutionaries wanted for the murder of three officers. A six-hour gunfight ensued, with a fire consuming the besieged building. Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, arrived at the scene and ordered the blaze not to be extinguished. Afterwards two charred bodies were found; the elusive Peter the Painter, believed to have been the ringleader, remained at large. This gripping episode, known as the ‘Siege of Sidney Street’, was a nationwide sensation and ignited fierce debates on immigration to Britain, political extremism and law enforcement. This book unravels the full story of the siege, the Latvian émigrés and their ties to the vibrant anarchist movement in London’s East End.
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