Advocating for the Ignorant: The Macmillans' crusade

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Advocating for the Ignorant: The Macmillans' crusade
Advocating for the Ignorant: The Macmillans' crusade
My biography of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, Literature for the People, is out now. I mostly write about books, authors and history, late 19th and early 20th century. Think Persephone and Virago?
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