The Marconi scandal.
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company.; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Agreement.; Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system.
Description: An account of the Marconi affair, a scandal involving the various British Ministers and the Marconi Company. The Eye-Witness newspaper, founded by Hilaire Belloc, ran a series of articles accusing those involved of corruption in placing the contract and of using the positions to speculate in Marconi shares. The articles were attributed to Cecil Chesterton, G.K. Chesterton's brother, who had succeeded Belloc as editor.
Notes: Includes bibliography.