On 23 February 1820 a group of radicals were arrested in Cato Street off the Edgware Road in London. They were within sixty minutes of setting out to assassinate the British cabinet. Five of the conspirators were subsequently executed and another five were transported for life t…
Jason McElligott presents this study of the content and methods of royalist propaganda via newsbooks in the crucial period following the end of the first civil war.
Jason McElligott presents this study of the content and methods of royalist propaganda via newsbooks in the crucial period following the end of the first civil war.
"This is a study of a remarkable set of royalist newsbooks produced in conditions of strict secrecy in London during the late 1640s. It uses these flimsy, ephemeral sheets of paper to rethink the nature of both royalism and Civil War allegiance." "Royalism, Print and Censorship …
A study of the content and methods of royalist propaganda via newsbooks in the crucial period following the end of the first civil war.
