The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press (Main)
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- Synopsis
- Satirist William Hone is the forgotten hero of the British press. In 1817 he was forced to defend himself against a censorious government, in what amounted to a show trial pitting a self-educated Fleet Street journalist against the Lord Chief Justice and a hand-picked jury. Hone's crime was to ridicule the powers that be. Through Hone's life, Ben Wilson looks at the history of the struggle for free expression against repressive law.
- Copyright:
- 2006
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571317219
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780571224715
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Date of Addition:
- 04/18/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Ben Wilson, 2
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Language Arts, Communication
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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