Towering Flame, a. The Life & Times of "Peter the Painter"

2012.gadā pirmizdevumu piedzīvoja anarhisma vēstures pētnieka Filipa Rufa grāmata “Pa stāvu liesmu debesīs. Nenotveramā latviešu anarhista Pētera Māldera laiks un dzīve” Laura Gundara tulkojumā latviešu valodā.
2018.gada 15.februārī klajā nāk šī darba pirmizdevums angļu valodā – ar latviešu lasītājiem jau pazīstamā rakstnieka Maika Koljera (Mike Collier) priekšvārdu.
“1910.gada Haundsdičas asinspirti – kā literatūrā mēdz dēvēt mēģinājumu aplaupīt Herisa juvelierveikalu Londonas Īstendā – joprojām uzskata par Lielbritānijas vēsturē visnepatīkamāko lietu, kas saistīta ar policistu bojāeju. Galvenie vaininieki, tā sauktie latviešu anarhisti, iekļuvuši Īstendas folklorā arī ar citu, saistītu gadījumu, kad viņi policistu aplenktā Sidnijstrītas namā stundām ilgi spēja turēties pretī milzīgam pārspēkam. Lai tiktu ar viņiem galā, tur ieradās toreizējais iekšlietu ministrs Vinstons Čērčils un tika iesaistīti Lielbritānijas armijas spēki. Divi aplenktie gāja bojā, bet neviens tā arī netika skaidrībā par noslēpumaino vīru, kuru uzskatīja par īsteno bandas vadoni un kuram šīs kaujas laikā varbūt izdevās izbēgt. Anglijā viņu pazina kā Pēteri Mālderi – Peter the Painter.” /Filips Rufs/
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.

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Additional Info

Author Ruff Philip
Publishing house Dienas Grāmata
Year 2018
Bar code 9789934546563
Cover type paperback
Publishing place Rīga
Pages 352
Size 21cm x 15cm x 2cm
Weight (kg) 0.5500
Language English

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