Milano, 10 May 1999 the Luddites were active exactly within the French Revolution/Napoleon period, that is between 1785-1812. After the defeat of Napoleon I they mor or less gradually ceased all existence. There is a very good book written by a couple of italian authors, which gets rid of all common sense about the Luddite movement. According to this work, among aother things Luddites were so sophisticated to be able to device a plan for invasion of England by the french revolutionary army starting from Ireland (!?). The book is obviously in italian language, in case you are interested I can inquiry. Best, Paolo Giussani (Milano) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
