The man who invented the news : the memoirs of Marchamont Nedham
Hastilow, Nigel2022
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Marchamont Nedham - teacher, lawyer, spy, doctor - was the most notorious journalist in Britain at a time when popular newspapers were first taking off. His memoirs reveal the truth of his triple-dealing during the bloody and epoch-making English Civil War. He worked for Parliament, King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and Charles II. He was jailed three times, fled the country in fear of being hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor and yet he survived and prospered. Unscrupulous, amusing and good company, Nedham's journalism influenced the French and American revolutions over a century later. TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains foul language, bigamy, scenes of a sexual nature, extreme violence, racism, torture, slavery, religious bigotry, communism, monarchism and even journalism.
Main title:
The man who invented the news : the memoirs of Marchamont Nedham / Nigel Hastilow.
Author:
Hastilow, Nigel, author
Imprint:
Evesham : Halesowen Press, 2022
Collation:
333 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780955716591 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2320037
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