Editing Gordon Riots (section)

==Cultural references==

[[George Walker (novelist)|George Walker]]'s anti-[[Jacobin]] novel ''The Vagabond'' (1799) anachronistically resituates the Gordon Riots amidst the political events of the 1790s. Its narrator unwittingly becomes a prominent figure in the riots, which Walker depicts as solely destructive and acquisitive.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haywood|first=Ian|title=Bloody Romanticism: Spectacular Violence and the Politics of Representation, 1776–1832|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2006|pages=196–198}}</ref>

[[Maria Edgeworth]]'s 1817 novel ''[[Harrington (novel)|Harrington]]'' contains a vivid evocation of the Gordon Riots, with two unsympathetic characters taken for Papists and finding refuge in the home of the rich Spanish Jew, the father of the young Jewish woman at the centre of the love story.

[[Charles Dickens]]' 1841 novel ''[[Barnaby Rudge]]'' is centered on a long and detailed description of the Gordon Riots and features Lord George in a prominent role.

[[John Creasey]]'s 1974 novel ''The Masters of Bow Street'' depicts the Gordon Riots and the recalcitrance of Lord North to the establishment of a police force.

In [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s ''[[Sharpe (novel series)|Sharpe]]'' novels (1981–2007), the protagonist Richard Sharpe's mother was killed during the riots while he was still a child.

In the film ''[[The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle]]'', a scene set in 1780 refers to the Gordon Riots, showing the [[Sex Pistols]] hung in effigy.

''BABYLONdon'', a novel by English SF/Fantasy author [[John Whitbourn]] (2020), blends a detailed depiction of the Gordon Riots with supernatural plot elements and an apocalyptic denouement.

''[[The Invisibles]]'', a comic series by [[Grant Morrison]] features a principal character mostly known as [[King Mob]].

Mentioned by Peter O'Toole's character to Aldo Ray in ''The Day They Robbed The Bank of England'', referencing that he and his men had been guarding the titular bank in a certain fashion since "the Gordon Riots in 1780."