LAUGHTER OF TRIUMPH
Book Details
Author(s)
Wilson, Ben
Publisher
Faber and Faber
ISBN / ASIN
0571224717
ISBN-13
9780571224715
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Sales Rank
#3,750,880
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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
