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Ben Wilson The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press
Faber and Faber 2006-04-20 0571224717 / 9780571224715 Paperback New Paperback
New, unread book with light shelf wear. May have a remainder mark. 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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