The Man Who Changed the Way We Read - The Story of Allen Lane and Penguin Books

By founding Penguin books and popularizing the paperback, Allen Lane not only changed publishing in Britain, he was also at the forefront of a social and cultural revolution that saw the millions of people given access to what had previously been the preserve of a wealthy few.

In Penguin Special, Jeremy Lewis brings this extraordinary era brilliantly to life, recounting how Allen Lane came to launch his Penguins for the price of a packet of cigarettes; how they became enormously influential in alerting the public to the threat of Nazi Germany; and how Penguin itself gradually became a national institution, like the BBC and the NHS, whilst at the same time challenging the status quo through the famous Lady Chatterley case. Above all, it is the story of how one often fallible, complex man used his vision to change the world.<>

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Lewis, Lewis Jeremy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.07.2025
• EAN: 9781405980968
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-8096-8
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biography: business & industry, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Biography: business and industry, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade