Ben Wilson
In 2007, Ben appeared as the only non-fiction writer in the Waterstone's "25 Authors for the Future" list. He was born in 1980 and studied history at Cambridge, both as an undergraduate and postgraduate. He is the author of two critically-acclaimed books, The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press (2005) and Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837.
'Ben Wilson's book on liberty is brilliant, timely and readable.' Tony Benn 'At present government incompetence is the main protection against excessive government intrusion into privacy and erosion of civil liberties. That is, however, no substitute for constitutional and legal safeguards.' Vince Cable, MPJoin the discussion on liberty – the defining issue of the twenty-first century.
Fear of terrorism, crime and social chaos are all factors that have put our ideal of individual liberty into retreat. What Price Liberty? explores how civil liberty was constructed, and has been re-thought and re-fought, in a bid to debate and determine the value we place on it today.
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