Lords of Fleet Street by Richard Bourne
Originally published in 1990. The Harmsworth family dynasty has had by far the greatest impact on the shape of the press today of all the great press families. This book is constructed as four biographies which together make up the central story of the popular press in Britain.
Bourne, Richard: - Richard Bourne is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University, and a former journalist. In 1998 he founded the Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit and before that, in 1990, was the first director of the non-governmental Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. He has written and edited ten books and numerous reports, including a biography of President Lula of Brazil (2008) and a collection of essays in honour of the 80th birthday of Shridath Ramphal (2008). As a journalist he was education correspondent of The Guardian and deputy editor of the London Evening Standard.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780044404507 |
| ISBN 10 | 0044404506 |
| Title | Lords of Fleet Street |
| Author | Richard Bourne |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Year published | 1990-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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