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Author_Michael Durrant
Bibliography
Biography
Book history
Book trade
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Early modern
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Henry Hills
Life Writing
Material Text
Printers
Printing
Product details
- ISBN 9781526129390
- Weight: 591g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The dreadful name of Henry Hills re-examines the life of one of the most provocative printers operating in seventeenth-century England. Rather than offering a more conventional cradle-to-grave biographical narrative, however, this compelling book explores how Henry Hills’s reputation, his notoriety, and his legacy has evolved over time. Richly illustrated and thoroughly researched, The dreadful name contributes fresh insights into Hills's life and afterlife, and it offers new perspectives on how early modern book-trade agents, and printers in particular, might be remembered and reinterpreted in contemporary book historical scholarship.
Michael Durrant is a Lecturer in Book History at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
