In February 1820, a gang of men, led by Arthur Thistlewood and his committee gather in a loft to assassinate the British Cabinet, ostensibly dining together in nearby Grosvenor Square.
It has been easy for historians to dismiss the so-called "Cato Street Conspirators" as mis.
Driven by hunger and by rage at the Peterloo massacre of August 1819, the men are easily led.
Though the Committee is hanged, their ambitions do not die with them.
The plot has been masterminded by a government spy.
In February 1820, a gang of men, led by Arthur Thistlewood and his committee gather in a loft to assassinate the British Cabinet, ostensibly dining together in nearby Grosvenor Square