The Radical Rising

The untold story of 19th century Scottish revolutionaries who fought for an independent republic is recounted in this “astonishing book” ( Observer , UK). In April of 1820, the last armed uprising on British soil ignited in Glasgow. The attempt to sever the Union and establish a radical Scottish republic ended in executions, imprisonments, transportations and eighty-five trials for high treason. Yet despite its political and social importance, the story of this working-class revolution has all b