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“A superb account of the rise of modern broadcasting.” —Financial Times

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"A treasure... [Adrian] Johns portrays the British radio pirates not in the warm glow of sentimental memory that the period usually enjoys but in the historian's cold bright light." -- Randall Bloomquist "A well-written tale about those buccaneers of the high C's."

Death of a Pirate

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    A Paperback / softback by Adrian Johns

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 24/08/2012
      ISBN13: 9780393341805, 978-0393341805
      ISBN10: 0393341801
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “A superb account of the rise of modern broadcasting.” —Financial Times

      Trade Review
      "A treasure... [Adrian] Johns portrays the British radio pirates not in the warm glow of sentimental memory that the period usually enjoys but in the historian's cold bright light." -- Randall Bloomquist "A well-written tale about those buccaneers of the high C's."

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