Devilish Kind of Courage - Anarchists, Aliens and the Siege of Sidney Street

About the author

Andrew Whitehead is a historian and journalist, an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham, and was an editor of History Workshop Journal. During a long career with the BBC he was a radio presenter, a foreign correspondent and latterly the Editor of BBC World Service News. His publications include Curious Crouch End (2021).

Summary

The tale of a notorious 1911 London gunfight, the ‘Siege of Sidney Street’, and its consequences.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Whitehead, Whitehead Andrew
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781789148442
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-844-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); London, Greater London, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1)