The Laughter of Triumph: Ben Wilson
- £9.99 (Paperback)
Synopsis:
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.
Tags:
- Categorised as:
- Non-fiction
- Sub-categories:
- History
- Places:
- Fleet Street
- People & Characters:
- William Hone
- Genres & Themes:
- Censorship; Journalism; Satire
- Selected edition:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780571224715
- Published:
- 20.04.2006
- No of pages:
- 464