Antoinette". Some more modern historians agree: E. P. Thompson wrote that "in the autumn of 1831 and in the 'Days of May' Britain was within an ace of revolution" and Eric Hobsbawm felt that "This period is probably the only one in modern history ... where something not unlike a revolutionary situation might have developed." See also National Political Union Notes References Bibliography External links Peel website 1832 riots Riots and civil disorder in England 1832 in the United Kingdom May 1832 events