The Paper Chase - The Printer, the Spymaster, and the Hunt for the Rebel Pamphleteers

Informationen zum Autor Dr Joseph Hone is a writer and academic based at Newcastle University, where he researches and teaches the literature of the long eighteenth century. He was educated at Oxford and has held fellowships at Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, and the Institute of English Studies in London. His first book, Literature and Party Politics at the Accession of Queen Anne (2017) was shortlisted for the University English Book Prize. He is currently preparing the early verse of Alexander Pope for a major new edition. Klappentext The printer was not the only villain, though, and Harley had to find the unknown writers who wished to bring the government down. Full of original research, The Paper Chase tears through the backstreets of London and its corridors of power as Edwards's allegiances waver and Harley's grasp on parliament threatens to slip. Zusammenfassung The printer was not the only villain, though, and Harley had to find the unknown writers who wished to bring the government down. Full of original research, The Paper Chase tears through the backstreets of London and its corridors of power as Edwards's allegiances waver and Harley's grasp on parliament threatens to slip.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Hone
• Publisher: Chatto and Windus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781784743062
• ISBN: 978-1-78474-306-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; England, London, Greater London, European History, HISTORY / Revolutionary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events, Political activism, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, History: specific events and topics, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1700 to c 1709