A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter

The Houndsditch murders of three City of London policemen in 1910 and the ensuing "Siege of Sidney...
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Author: Philip Ruff
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A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter by Ruff, Philip

A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter

€40,22

A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter

€40,22
Author: Philip Ruff
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The Houndsditch murders of three City of London policemen in 1910 and the ensuing "Siege of Sidney Street", in which Latvian anarchists took on Winston Churchill and the British Army, have entered into East London folklore. But no-one ever accounted for the mysterious Peter the Painter, popularly supposed to be the leader of the gang and to have escaped the burning house during the battle. This book solves the mystery. Here for the first time is proof of the real identity of Peter the Painter; the amazing story of his life and revolutionary career; and of the hitherto unknown history of Latvian anarchism. The violent events in London are revealed to be part of a much bigger story which lay behind them -- the 1905 revolution in the Baltic and the armed resistance to Russian state terrorism which followed it. This is a story of class war, revolution and survival; and of a small nation striving to assert its identity; a story that, in the context of a resurgence of Russian imperial ambition aimed at the Baltic states, has particular resonance today.



Author: Philip Ruff
Publisher: Breviary Stuff Publications
Published: 08/01/2019
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780992946654

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