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In On the Burning of Books, Baker explores famous moments throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. Included among his investigations are stories from ancient China to the Nazis, from George Orwell’s Animal Farm to Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, from Chairman Mao to the Spanish destruction of the Aztec civilization. Baker describes Samuel Pepys burning an erotic novel, and the personal fires of Lord Byron’s memoirs, Dickens’s letters, Hardy’s poems, and Philip Larkin’s diaries. Alongside these many examples are chapters on accidental book burning—and even lucky escapes.

Author Biography:

Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, CH, PC is a British politician and a former Conservative MP, having served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Education and as Home Secretary. He has previously written two books: George III: A Life in Caricature and George IV: A Life in Caricature.
Release date NZ
May 26th, 2016
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  • General (US: Trade)
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Pages
272
Dimensions
165x245x29
ISBN-13
9781910787113
Product ID
25001998

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