Brighton, Paul,  1959- <br/><br/>
Original spin :  Downing Street and the press in Victorian Britain / 
 Downing Street and the press in Victorian Britain 
Paul Brighton. 
 - vii, 280 pages :  portraits ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index. 
<br/><br/>The age of Pitt the Younger -- Liverpool and Wellington -- Grey and Melbourne -- Peel and Russell -- Lord Derby -- Lord Aberdeen -- Lord Palmerston -- Benjamin Disraeli -- William Gladstone -- Lord Salisbury and Lord Rosebery. 
<br/><br/> In this important new book, Paul Brighton shows that spin is not something dreamed up by modern, media-savvy politicians. In fact, it was one of the best-kept political secrets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From Peel and Palmerston to Gladstone and Disraeli, Prime Ministers have all tried to manipulate the press to a greater or lesser extent. Brighton uncovers the covert contacts between Westminster and Fleet Street and reveals how the Victorian occupants of 10 Downing Street secretly conveyed their viewpoints via the newspapers--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781780760599 1780760590 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB374671  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800 - 1899 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Press and politics--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Government and the press--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Communication in politics--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Government and the press.<br/>Press and politics.<br/>Presse et politique--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.<br/>Communication en politique--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.<br/>Great Britain.<br/>Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--19e siècle.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA85.2.G7  / B75 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.0140941