'THAT DEVIL WILKES',
by Raymond Postgate
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Dennis Dobson, London 1956 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket George III called John Wilkes 'that devil Wilkes'. Wilkes was a radical agitator and demagogue, a political adventurer, and his life chequered by a series of stormy amours. He founded 'The North Briton', was hailed as friend and protector of the Colonies, and defied King George III. [This edition much revised since its original publication in 1930 - it now includes new material about the infamous 'orgies' of the Medmenham monks.]
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 39384
- Title
- 'THAT DEVIL WILKES',
- Author
- Raymond Postgate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dennis Dobson, London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 250 pages
- Keywords
- Biography John Wilkes George III Medmenham monks
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McCrae, Victoria
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