Lords of Fleet Street: Harmsworth Dynasty - Hardcover

Bourne, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0044404506 ISBN 13: 9780044404507

Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990

Synopsis

Originally published in 1990. The Harmsworth family, starting with Lord Northcliffe (1865-1922) is the greatest and most influential press dynasty Britain has known. The dynasty has had by far the greatest impact on the shape of the press today of all the great press families. The Harmsworths were big, bold characters, enormously rich and with a gift for flamboyant use of their wealth. Much more important though is the way they used their influence on public opinion to steer the country’s political and social life. ‘Public opinion’ was a force that the Harmsworths harnessed before anyone else, and they quickly understood how to use it as a political tool. This book is constructed as four biographies which together make up the central story of the popular press in Britain. Their story continues to have relevance.

About this title

Synopsis:

A description of three generations of the Harmsworth family which charts their control of Fleet Street, and newspapers such as "The Times" and "The Daily Mirror". It deals specifically with Alfred Northcliffe, his brother Harold Rothermere, his son Esmond Rothermere and grandson Vere Rothermere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0044404506
• ISBN 13: 9780044404507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224