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Genre/Form: | History Trials, litigation, etc |
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Named Person: | William Hone; William Hone; William Hone |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ben Wilson |
ISBN: | 0571224717 9780571224715 |
OCLC Number: | 62891637 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2005. |
Description: | pages cm |
Responsibility: | Ben Wilson. |
Abstract:
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. Through Hone's life, Ben Wilson looks at the history of the struggle for free expression against repressive law.
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"'Wonderfully stirring. The tale Wilson has to tell is so exciting, and the bravura with which he recounts it so infectious, that his case becomes irresistible.' Guardian 'Ben Wilson may be only 25, but he is already an exceptional talent.' Observer 'This excellent biography is a timely reminder of the astonishing power of the press in the hands of a single free, fearless, and long-since forgotten practitioner.' Daily Telegraph" Read more...
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