On the Burning of Books
How flames fail to destroy the written word
In this revealingly illustrated book, the political sage Kenneth Baker records the many times throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. Ranging politically from Ancient China to the Nazis, from Animal Farm to Chairman Mao; religiously, from the Spanish destruction of the Aztec civilisation to Bloody Mary, from Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses to bibles in Islamist strongholds today; personally, from Samuel Pepys and Lord Byron to Dickens's letters, Hardy's poems, Burton's translations, and Philip Larkin's diaries.Alongside these telling examples are chapters on burning in war, accidental b…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-911604-06-8
- EAN: 9781911604068
- Produktnummer: 23151511
- Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 17'649 KB
Über den Autor
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, CH, PC is a British politician and a former Conservative MP, having served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Education and as Home Secretary. He has previously written two books: George III: A Life in Caricature and George IV: A Life in Caricature.
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