Radical Rowdies
A public falling-out ended the close political friendship between two leaders of reform in early nineteenth-century Britain. A familiar scenario? Penny Young tells the story.
‘It is, I hope, quite unnecessary for me to repeat my assurance that nothing short of sickness or death shall ever deprive you of the fulfilment of my solemn promise made this day. But I beseech you be careful to do nothing to expose yourself to the treachery of villains. You have a host of enemies now, even greater than I have. I beg you, therefore, to be on your guard.’
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