A People's History of London - Lindsey German and John Rees Whalebone Press Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural

Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural rebel

the startling reality of the power of mass actions is hidden behind narratives which emphasise a few leading individuals

encapsulated in the claim that ‘we are the daughters of the witches they failed to burn’

Percy Bysshe Shelley has memorials in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey and at Oxford University

Written in 1880 as a popular pamphlet

A People's History of London - Lindsey German and John Rees Whalebone Press Sylvia Pankhurst was a naturalHub of empire, world port and seat of government, London has a political history that is nevertheless entwined with the lives of its people, a multitude often dismissed throughout the centuries as a mob. This gripping new counter history reveals how London's poor and its immigrant population have shaped its history and identity over the ages: from apprentices closing the city gates on Charles I in the 1640s to modern fights against fascism and racism