Gordon Riots
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The Gordon Riots in London in 1780 involved several days of unrest and violence motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began on 2 June 1780 with a large and orderly protest against the Papists Act
The Gordon Riots by Charles Green
Lord George Gordon, head of the Protestant Association
The No Popery Rioters Burning the Prison of Newgate
The Gordon Riots by John Seymour Lucas, 1879. Soldiers are shown deployed to confront the rioters.
Sharpe (novel series)
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Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of English soldier Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for an ITV television series featuring Sea
Gordon Riots
…The Masters of Bow Street depicts the Gordon Riots and the recalcitrance of Lord North to the establishment of a police force. In Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels (1981–2007), the protagonist Richard Sharpe's mother was killed during the riots while he was still a child. In the film The Great Rock'n'Roll…
95th Rifles reenactors.