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072 7 _aBIO
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100 1 _aLewis, Jeremy.
245 1 0 _aDavid Astor /
_cJeremy Lewis.
260 _aLondon :
_bJonathan Cape,
_c2016.
299 0 0 _aHH
300 _axiii, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (black and white) ;
_c24 cm.
366 _b20160303
_cIP
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aFew newspaper editors are remembered beyond their lifetimes, but David Astor of the Observer is a great exception to the rule. He converted a staid, Conservative-supporting Sunday paper into essential reading, admired and envied for the quality of its writers and for its trenchant but fair-minded views. This book explores his life and career.
600 1 4 _aAstor, David,
_cHon.,
_d1912-2001.
650 0 _aPublishers and publishing
_zGreat Britain
_vBiography.
650 0 _aNewspaper publishing
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aJournalism
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aPress and politics
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
655 7 _aBiography.
_2eflch
655 7 _aBiography.
_2ukslc
910 0 0 _aBDS level 9
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