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An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo

2012-12-17 Social Science
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Release : 2012-12-17
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by : Richard Davenport-Hines

Download or read book An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo written by Richard Davenport-Hines. This book was released on 2012-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.

A Very English Scandal

2016-10-11 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2016-10-11
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis A Very English Scandal by : John Preston

Download or read book A Very English Scandal written by John Preston. This book was released on 2016-10-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for the Emmy award-winning limited series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw A behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets While Jeremy Thorpe served as a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Liberal Party in the 1960s and 70s, his bad behavior went under the radar for years. Police and politicians alike colluded to protect one of their own. In 1970, Thorpe was the most popular and charismatic politician in the country, poised to hold the balance of power in a coalition government. But Jeremy Thorpe was a man with a secret. His homosexual affairs and harassment of past partners, along with his propensity for lying and embezzlement, only escalated as he evaded punishment. Until a dark night on the moor with an ex-lover, a dog and a hired gun led to consequences that even his charm and power couldn’t help him escape. Dubbed the “Trial of the Century,” Thorpe’s climactic case at the Old Bailey in London was the first time that a leading British politician had stood trial on a murder charge, the first time that a murder plot had been hatched in the House of Commons. And it was the first time that a prominent public figure had been exposed as a philandering gay man, in an era when homosexuality had only just become legal. With the pace and drama of a thriller, A Very English Scandal is an extraordinary story of hypocrisy, deceit and betrayal at the heart of the British Establishment.

The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward

2014-02-25 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2014-02-25
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward by : Anthony Summers

Download or read book The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward written by Anthony Summers. This book was released on 2014-02-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVA tour de force account of seduction, power, and betrayal in the biggest political sex scandal of its age/divDIV The Profumo Affair rocked the British establishment like no scandal before or since. The Tory war minister, John Profumo, had taken up with a teenager named Christine Keeler, who was also sleeping with a Soviet intelligence agent. The ensuing inquiry revealed a hidden underworld in which men of the ruling classes and politicians cavorted with prostitutes at orgies. The revelations shook the British government and sent shock waves all the way to the Kennedy White House. The man at the center of the storm was Dr. Stephen Ward./divDIV Ward was a successful doctor to the rich and powerful, a talented artist who drew portraits of many of his famous patients and fixed up prominent men with young women. He was also a pawn, ruthlessly exploited by the intelligence agencies. When the Profumo Affair threatened the government, Ward became a scapegoat, hounded to death—and perhaps murdered./divDIV For the first time, The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward reveals the names that could not be exposed and the truths that could not be told until now./divDIV/div/div

Secrets and Lies

2014-03-03 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2014-03-03
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Secrets and Lies by : Douglas Thompson

Download or read book Secrets and Lies written by Douglas Thompson. This book was released on 2014-03-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her own words, the life of the beautiful young model and dancer who helped to bring down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan - the 'Profumo Affair' remains the greatest political sex scandal in recent British history. Following Christine Keeler's death in December 2017, it is now possible to update her book to include revelations that she did not wish to be published in her lifetime. The result is a revised and updated book containing material that has never been officially released, which really does lift the lid on just how far the Establishment will go to protect its own. Published to coincide with the BBC's major new six-part TV drama series, The Trial of Christine Keeler, starring Sophie Cookson as Keeler and James Norton as Stephen Ward

Stephen Ward Was Innocent, OK

2013-12-02 History
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Release : 2013-12-02
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Stephen Ward Was Innocent, OK by : Geoffrey Robertson

Download or read book Stephen Ward Was Innocent, OK written by Geoffrey Robertson. This book was released on 2013-12-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of '61 John Profumo, Minister for War, enjoyed a brief affair with Christine Keeler... Late in the afternoon of Wednesday 31 July 1963, Dr Stephen Ward was convicted at the Old Bailey on two counts alleging that he lived on the earnings of a prostitute. He was not in the dock but comatose in hospital. The previous night he had attempted suicide, because (as he said in a note) 'after Marshall's [the judge's] summing up, I've given up all hope'. He died on Saturday 3 August, without regaining consciousness. Many observers of the proceedings thought the convictions did not reflect the evidence and that the trial was unfair, and this book will show that it breached basic standards of justice. Geoffrey Robertson brings his forensic skills and a deeply felt sense of injustice to the case at the heart of the Profumo affair, the notorious scandal that brought down a government.

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