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John Wilkes

Arthur H. Cash, Arthur Cash, Arthur H. Cash
2005482 pages
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"One of the most colorful figures in English political history, John Wilkes (1726-97) is remembered as the father of the British free press, defender of civil and political liberties, and hero to American colonists, who attended closely to his outspoken endorsements of liberty. Wilkes's political career was rancorous, involving duels, imprisonments in the Tower of London, and the Massacre of St. George's Fields, in which seven of his supporters were shot to death by government troops. He was equally famous for his "private" life - a confessed libertine, a member of the notorious hellfire…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Yale University Press · 482 pages · 9780300123630
  • Other · English · 2010
    Yale University Press · 482 pages · 9781281731296
  • Other · English · 2008
    Yale University Press · 496 pages · 9780300133097
  • Other · English · 2005
    Yale University Press · 482 pages · 9780300108712
BiographyCivil rightsFreedom of the pressHistoryJournalistsPoliticiansPolitics and governmentWilkes, john, 1727-1797