John Wilkes : the scandalous father of civil liberty / Arthur H.Cash.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.

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Wilkes, John, -- 1725-1797.

Freedom of the press -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Civil rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 17601789.

Preemptive glossary

Prologue

1. The making of a gentleman

2. The Squire of Aylesbury

3. Into Parliament

4. The North Briton

5. Number 45

6. The Great George Street printing shop

7. Trials and a trial of honor

8. Exile

9. The Middlesex election controversy

10. Incapacitation

11. The City of London

12. My Lord Mayor

13. Poverty, paternity, and parliamentary reform

14. Chamberlain

Epilogue

Afterword

Notes

Sources

Index.

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