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Plant Here the Standard
Dennis Griffiths
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Description for Plant Here the Standard
Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ; KJMV; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 697.
Plant Here the Standard tells the story of the world's oldest evening newspaper, the (London) Evening Standard. Commencing in the time of Oliver Cromwell, it traces the history of the Baldwin Family, fearless Protestant publishers, whose successors launched The Standard in 1827. Later owners of the paper were to include: C.Arthur Pearson, founder of the Daily Express; Lord Beaverbrook; and, now, Lord Rothermere. And throughout there are tales of the paper's scoops, its famous journalists and cartoonists, and its political involvements.
Plant Here the Standard tells the story of the world's oldest evening newspaper, the (London) Evening Standard. Commencing in the time of Oliver Cromwell, it traces the history of the Baldwin Family, fearless Protestant publishers, whose successors launched The Standard in 1827. Later owners of the paper were to include: C.Arthur Pearson, founder of the Daily Express; Lord Beaverbrook; and, now, Lord Rothermere. And throughout there are tales of the paper's scoops, its famous journalists and cartoonists, and its political involvements.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349124633
SKU
V9781349124633
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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