Isbn: 9781334431975 - a proper reply to a late scurrilous libel intitled sedition and defamation display'd: in a letter to the author (classic reprint) (3 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a response to a published libel accusing the author of treachery and sedition against the ruling party. The author takes the accusations against him very seriously but he also routinely questions the intelligence and motives of his accuser. Consistent with the Restoration comedy style of the era, the author wields irony, wit, and satire to expose the hypocrisy, greed, and ineptitude of the ruling party he sees as corrupt and injurious to the nation. Given the author's role as a political writer in the era of the Restoration, this book is especially significant for its window onto 17th-century political culture and the complicated relationship of the writer to politics and power. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. …