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| | nthposition online magazine: King Mob |
 | | In the process, Gordon assumed the leadership of the Protestant Association and came to the fateful conclusion that the best way to influence Parliament in the matter was to deliver a petition at the head of a crowd of 50,000 men. |
 | | This was the protest - of devout Protestants "with hymn-books in their pockets and a look of martyrdom, determined, noble and self-righteous, in their eyes" - that was hijacked by another beast entirely, the notorious London "mob", who proceeded to terrorize the capital for the next five days. |
 | | While the publishers are right to claim, as the back cover blurb states, that King Mob "will appeal to all those interested in popular protests and political movements, or in eighteenth century social history", I must take exception to the additional claim that "this astonishing episode... |
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