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The Drapier's Campaign Against Wood’s Halfpence
Three hundred years ago, Ireland was shaken by the controversy of Wood’s Halfpence, resulting in a campaign led by the satirical writer 'M.B., Drapier', believed to be Jonathan Swift. The English ...
The Irish Times29 天
Swift justice – Frank McNally on the height of the Drapier’s Letters controversy
Three hundred years ago this autumn, Ireland was convulsed by the controversy of Wood’s Halfpence and the campaign against it by one “M.B., Drapier”, a thinly disguised Jonathan Swift.