Set at the time of the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, with the real Lord George Gordon, leader of the riots, appearing in the book. The characters are caught up in the resulting mob lawlessness, which climaxes in the destruction of Newgate prison, an actual event brought to life in the novel.
The first of Dickens's historical novels, Barnaby Rudge, written in 1841, is set at the time of the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, with the real Lord George Gordon, leader of the riots, appearing in the book.
Set at the time of the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, with the real Lord George Gordon, leader of the riots, appearing in the book. The characters are caught up in the resulting mob lawlessness, which climaxes in the destruction of Newgate prison, an actual event brought to life in the novel.
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Genre
Fiction/Classics
Pub date
1841
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General/Trade
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