Pronunciation Guide Foreword List of illustrations Some main characters Prologue: Rebecca’s roots Part One: Rebecca rises 1 The final straw 2 Respectable radicals, rough music 3 Men in the middle 4 ‘Faithful to death’ Part Two: Taking the reins 5 A thorough revolution 6 Lovers of justice 7 Rebecca in the spotlight Part Three: The summer of discontent 8 A losing battle 9 All but open rebellion 10 Rebecca goes south 11 Organised chaos 12 Ladies of letters 13 Out of the shadows 14 ‘More than one hundred thousand strong’ Part Four: At the point of a bayonet if necessary 15 Rebecca rules 16 Raising the stakes 17 Death at Hendy 18 Are the government mad enough? Part Five: ‘We are all of us Rebeccas’ 19 ‘Becca there is now dead’ 20 From lawbreakers to legends 21 Throwing open the books 21 What Becca did next

Rhian E. Jones grew up in south Wales and now lives in London, where she writes on history, politics and popular culture. She has written for publications including The Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books and New Welsh Review.