Handful of Rogues: Hector MacMillan in Conversation
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
7pm
Free
Launch of Hector MacMillan's new book Handful of Rogues: Thomas Muir's Enemies of the People. The author will discuss the life of radical lawyer Thomas Muir with Alan Taylor, literary editor of the Sunday Herald and editor of Scottish Review of Books. Muir was transported to Botany Bay for his democratic beliefs.
Contact: events@nls.uk
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The 1790s were a turbulent decade in Europe. This age of revolution had repercussions in Scotland where the lawyer Thomas Muir of Huntershill led calls for democratic reform. The landowning establishment were a powerful minority and had virtual carte blanche from Westminster to deal with unrest.