Britain's Best Ever Political Cartoons by Tim Benson - ISBN: 9781529334401
Paperback
Three centuries of savage satire: Britain’s politics, inked for posterity.

Britain's Best Ever Political Cartoons

Hilarious, bawdy, irreverent and sharp

  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    12 December 2023

Summary

A rip-roaring collection of Britain’s finest political satire, from Hogarth and Gillray to Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Peter Brookes and Nicola Jennings.

Between Waterloo and Brexit, cartoons have been Britain’s most famous antidote to the chaos of public politics. Skewering the issues and characters that have dominated the news over three centuries, these cartoons have united those who love, and those who hate their politicians.

A wild journey through the scandals that made a …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529334401
ISBN-10:1529334403
Author:Tim Benson
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:12 December 2023
Weight:340g
Dimensions:186mm x 156mm x 18mm
About The Author

Tim Benson

Dr. Tim Benson is Britain’s leading authority on political cartoons. He runs the Political Cartoon Gallery and Cafe in Putney. He has produced numerous books on the history of cartoons, including Giles’s War, Churchill in Caricature, Low and the Dictators, The Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of Its Cartoonists, Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons and Over the Top: A Cartoon History of Australia at War.

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