The Laughter of Triumph EPUB
by Ben Wilson
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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.
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- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:20/03/2014
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- ISBN:9780571317219
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:20/03/2014
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- ISBN:9780571317219