Andrew Lycett

Lord Northcliffe’s war of words

According to the Kaiser, it was the British press baron who won the first world war virtually singlehandedly through his newspapers

Lord Northcliffe, portrayed as ‘the Napoleon of Slander’ in the Berlin press, May 1918. [Alamy] 
issue 30 July 2022

  • The Chief: The Life of Lord Northcliffe

    Andrew Roberts

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 547, £25

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