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‘up until now Stead's messy and overflowing life has never received the kind of proper biographical treatment it has always warranted. W. Sydney Robinson, an English journalist with a dogged sense of detail, has set that right with "Muckraker," a timely study of Britain's first investigative journalist… Mr Robinson elegantly pieces together the backstory’ - Wall Street Journal ‘timely, well-written biography of the brilliant, flawed Victorian journalist – who made up quotes and twisted the truth in order to right wrongs – vividly demonstrates that breaking rules can lead to fame but also to downfall’ - Daily Mail ‘Robinson knows how to tell a story’ - Spectator ‘Eye-opening’ Culture (supplement to the Sunday Times) ‘this well-researched, thoughtful book charts Stead’s paradoxes entertainingly’ - Literary Review ‘In an age when the excesses of the newspapers are on everybody’s lips, this book could hardly be better timed. Extensively researched and briskly written, with a lovely eye for detail, a wry sense of irony and a fine grasp of character, it brings alive an age in which sensationalist papers went further in search of a story than even Rebekah Brooks would think appropriate’ - Prospect Price  £20             Binding:  Hardcover