I Hope I Don't Intrude. Privacy and its Dilemmas in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Hardback/***

Taking his title from the catch-phrase of the eponymous hero of the 1825 play Paul Pry, a huge success in London, New York, and around the English-speaking world, David Vincent explores the worlds of privacy and celebrity in nineteenth-century Britain, examining debates about mass communication and state surveillance that link to today's concerns. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): David (Professor of Social History, Professor of Social History, The Open University) Vincent Illustration(s): 36 black and white figures/illustrations Number of pages: 368 Publication date: 2015 Dimensions: 243 x 162 x 25 Cover type: Hardback