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100 1 $aThomas, Peter David Garner.
245 10 $aJohn Wilkes :$ba friend to liberty /$cPeter D.G. Thomas.
260 $aOxford :$bClarendon Press ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1996.
300 $avi, 280 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tYouth and Pleasure, 1725-1761 --$g2.$tGadfly of Government, 1761-1763 --$g3.$tThe Case of North Briton, Number Forty-Five --$g4.$tFrench Leave, 1763-1768 --$g5.$tElection for Middlesex, 1768 --$g6.$tExpulsion from Middlesex, 1769 --$g7.$tThe Bill of Rights Society, 1769-1771 --$g8.$tThe Reporting of Parliamentary Debates: The Wilkes Coup of 1771 --$g9.$tCity Politician, 1771-1775 --$g10.$tWilkes and America --$g11.$tParliamentary Politicians, 1774-1790 --$g12.$tWork and Leisure, 1776-1797 --$g13.$tRadical or Rascal.
520 $aOften deemed the founder of British radicalism, John Wilkes (1725-1797) had a shattering impact on the politics of his time. His audacity in challenging government authority was matched by skill and determination in attaining his objectives: the freedom of the press to criticize ministers and report Parliament; enhanced security for individuals and their property from arbitrary arrest and seizure; and the rights of electors.
520 8 $aThat he was a political maverick, of witty and wicked reputation, has led historians to underestimate him, and this is the first researched biography since 1917. Contemporaries appreciated his achievements more that posterity, one obituarist writing that 'his name will be connected with our history'.
520 8 $a. In this fascinating and original biography, Peter Thomas provides an intriguing portrait of the man George III referred to as 'that Devil Wilkes'.
600 10 $aWilkes, John,$d1725-1797.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021681
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1760-1789.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056907
650 0 $aRadicalism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aPoliticians$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109706
650 0 $aLiberty.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076480
852 00 $boff,glx$hDA512.W6$iT55 1996