Witness Against the BeastE. P. Thompson's long awaited book on William Blake was published shortly after the historian's death in August 1993. Acclaimed as one of his best and most deeply felt works, it appears now for the first time in paperback. Written with a vivid passion, and bearing the marks of Thompson's lifelong struggle against authoritarian and anti humanitarian politics both at the level of the individual and of the state, Witness Against the Beast: William Blake