Original spin : Downing Street and the press in Victorian Britain /
In this important new book, Paul Brighton shows that spin is not something dreamed up by modern, media-savvy politicians. In fact, it was one of the best-kept political secrets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From Peel and Palmerston to Gladstone and Disraeli, Prime Ministers have all tr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2016.
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| Summary: | In this important new book, Paul Brighton shows that spin is not something dreamed up by modern, media-savvy politicians. In fact, it was one of the best-kept political secrets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From Peel and Palmerston to Gladstone and Disraeli, Prime Ministers have all tried to manipulate the press to a greater or lesser extent. Brighton uncovers the covert contacts between Westminster and Fleet Street and reveals how the Victorian occupants of 10 Downing Street secretly conveyed their viewpoints via the newspapers. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 288 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781780760599 (hbk.) 1780760590 (hbk.) |