1660 - Communications, Media

Communications, Media

London journalist Marchamont Needham flees to the Lowlands, having repeatedly been arrested for his writings, both by Royalists and Parliamentarians, and then released (see 1650). Now 40, he has put out a pamphlet containing anecdotes detailing the immorality of Charles II (who has 39 mistresses) but he will be pardoned, return to England, practice medicine, and then resume his career as pamphleteer.