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Download or read book John Wilkes written by Arthur H. Cash and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-11 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize Finalist: A biography of the wildly colorful eighteenth-century British politician who became “the toast of American revolutionaries” (Booklist). One of the most colorful figures in English political history, John Wilkes (1726–97) is remembered as the father of the British free press, a defender of civil and political liberties—and a hero to American colonists. 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—as a confessed libertine, a member of the notorious Hellfire Club, and the author of what has been called the dirtiest poem in the English language. This lively biography draws a full portrait of John Wilkes from his childhood days through his heyday as a journalist and agitator, his defiance of government prosecutions for libel and obscenity, his fight against exclusion from Parliament, and his service as lord mayor of London on the eve of the American Revolution. Told here with the force and immediacy of a firsthand newspaper account, Wilkes’s own remarkable story is inseparable from the larger story of modern civil liberties and how they came to fruition. “[Does] justice to Wilkes both as a fiery proponent of individual rights and as . . . a libertine par excellence in an age with no shortage of memorable rakes.” —The New York Times “It is difficult to believe that John Wilkes, a notorious womanizer and scandal-monger, was a genuine hero of civil liberties and political democracy on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 18th century, but hero he was and in this engaging book Arthur Cash gives Wilkes the serious treatment he has long deserved.” —Eric Foner, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History and New York Times–bestselling author of Reconstruction
Book Synopsis Wilkes, a Friend to Liberty by : Audrey Williamson
Download or read book Wilkes, a Friend to Liberty written by Audrey Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Wilkes and Liberty written by George F. E. Rudé and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Wilkes: A Friend to Liberty by : Peter D. G. Thomas
Download or read book John Wilkes: A Friend to Liberty written by Peter D. G. Thomas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-03-28 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That he was a political maverick, of witty and wicked reputation, has led historians to underestimate him, and this is the first researched biography since 1917. Contemporaries appreciated his achievements more that posterity, one obituarist writing that 'his name will be connected with our history'.
Book Synopsis "Wilkes and Liberty" by : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Download or read book "Wilkes and Liberty" written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Wilkes : Symbol of Liberty by : John C. Dann
Download or read book John Wilkes : Symbol of Liberty written by John C. Dann and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Wilkes and Liberty written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wilkes and Liberty, 1768-69 by : George F. E. Rudé
Download or read book Wilkes and Liberty, 1768-69 written by George F. E. Rudé and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Life and Times of John Wilkes, M. P., Lord Mayor of London, and Chamberlain by : Percy Fitzgerald
Download or read book The Life and Times of John Wilkes, M. P., Lord Mayor of London, and Chamberlain written by Percy Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Wilkes (17 October 1725 ? 26 December 1797) was an English radical, journalist, and politician. He was first elected Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of voters?rather than the House of Commons?to determine their representatives. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first Bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament. During the American War of Independence, he was a supporter of the American rebels, adding further to his popularity with American Whigs. In 1780, however, he commanded militia forces which helped put down the Gordon Riots, damaging his popularity with many radicals."--Wikipedia.
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Download or read book John Wilkes, a Friend to Liberty written by Peter David Garner Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis English Liberty Established, Or a Mirrour for Posterity: John Wilkes, Esqr. the Undaunted Assertor of the Liberty of the Press, and the Rights of English-men by : John Wilkes
Download or read book English Liberty Established, Or a Mirrour for Posterity: John Wilkes, Esqr. the Undaunted Assertor of the Liberty of the Press, and the Rights of English-men written by John Wilkes and published by . This book was released on 1768 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis English Liberty, Or the British Lion Roused; Containing the Sufferings of John Wilkes by : JOHN. WILKES
Download or read book English Liberty, Or the British Lion Roused; Containing the Sufferings of John Wilkes written by JOHN. WILKES and published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Cambridge University Library T154403 'The end of the first volume' on p.378. [London]: Printed for T. Marsh, in Black-Friars, and sold by all the news-carriers in town and country, [1769?]. 378p.; 8°
Book Synopsis The life and times of John Wilkes by : Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald
Download or read book The life and times of John Wilkes written by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Life and Times of John Wilkes, M. P., Lord Mayor of London, and Chamberlain by : Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald
Download or read book The Life and Times of John Wilkes, M. P., Lord Mayor of London, and Chamberlain written by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
