Britain's What's On Event Guide
The Siege of Portsmouth -1897 (fiction)
Heritage Open Day: A narrative of a future fiction attack on Portsmouth by a French / Russian alliance. Written in 1895, it is an interesting example of what was a very popular genre at the time. There are spies, secret weapons, balloon attacks and more... Your Speaker, Lewis, will explore the political context of why it was written, the political aftermath, and offer an analysis of whether the fictional campaign could have been possible...
The man who commissioned the story was the young owner of the Portsmouth Mail newspaper, and it was a propaganda piece in support of his campaign to become an MP.
What is unusual about this story is that it includes details of attacks on the forts of Portsdown Hill, Gosport, the Solent Forts and the destruction of Southsea!
The man who commissioned the story was the young owner of the Portsmouth Mail newspaper, and it was a propaganda piece in support of his campaign to become an MP.
What is unusual about this story is that it includes details of attacks on the forts of Portsdown Hill, Gosport, the Solent Forts and the destruction of Southsea!
Sunday 14 September
Gosport Community Hub, Brune Park Community School, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 3BX
Sun 14 Sep:1430; Free Entry.
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