Read All, about It!: 100 Sensational Years of the Daily Mirror

Read All, about It!: 100 Sensational Years of the Daily Mirror
ISBN-10
190443911X
ISBN-13
9781904439110
Category
English newspapers
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
First Stone Publishing
Author
Bill Hagerty

Description

For a century the Daily Mirror has been part of the fabric of Britain, from its origins as a journal for gentlewomen to the born-again tabloid which became the biggest seller of all time under the mercurial Hugh Cudlipp. sedition and nearly shut down in wartime, mugged and left for dead by conman Robert Maxwell, sued and rocked by scandal again and again. who made them happen, fuelled by a heady cocktail of genius, courage, humour and, more often than not, alcohol. copies a day had a thirst for more than success and boundless appetite for spending the company's money. newspaper into the grasping hands of Robert Maxwell, a man whose own excesses knew no limit. 20th century. It is a story of the Great and the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the heroes and villains who played their part in the Mirror's history and are forever part of its folklore, from legends of the newspaper world such as Cudlipp, Cecil King, Bill Connor, Marje Propps and Keith Waterhouse to the headline-makers of the early 20th century such as Alistair Campbell and Anne Robinson.

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