A sound copy of the 1956 reprint of this Biography of John Wilkes the 18th Century radical agitator and demagogue. He constantly defied tradition and the King , George 111, by whom he was called 'That Devil Wilkes' ! Red cloth, gilt titles in a complete pictorial Dustwrapper, npc 35/- net. There is foxing to the back of the wrapper and to the edges of the text block. This revised edition contains new material about the infamous 'orgies' of the Medmenham Monks !