King Mob: The Story of Lord George Gordon and the Riots of 1780

King Mob: The Story of Lord George Gordon and the Riots of 1780 by Hibbert, Christopher. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780880293990.

In the sweltering heat of an afternoon in the early June of 1780, more than fifty thousand men marched to the Houses of Parliament to petition for the repeal of a recently passed Act granting some minor relief to Roman Catholics. The demonstration began harmlessly enough but by nightfall the town was in an uproar. During the next few days, London was the scene of the worst riots in English history.