Wilkes: FROM LIBERTINE TO LIBERTY: He served the nation, but at what personal cost? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798870656083)

John Wilkes was an irrepressible libertine devoted to gaining free speech and liberty.
He detested the exploitation and favouritism practised by the ruling elite in 18th-century England. The common man was kept in the dark about corruption. Jack knew change could only come by allowing free speech to shine a light on widespread abuse. In his news sheet, The North Briton, he wrote fierce articles detailing these iniquities. It was a dangerous course; Jack risked imprisonment or even being hanged.
While he pursued this mission, Jack practised the raffish lifestyle of a libertine without realising his negligence was depriving people close to him of their liberty. And what's more, Jack didn't realise that he himself was captive.
What calamity would occur to open Jack's eyes to the price they were paying?

Author: Robert Stott
ISBN-13: 9798870656083
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2023
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d