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A Very English Scandal

Author : John Preston
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590518152
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book A Very English Scandal written by John Preston and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 361 pages. 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.

An Accidental Icon

Author : Norman Scott
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529370302
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book An Accidental Icon written by Norman Scott and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Compelling' The Daily Mail 'So many gripping moments... a real cracker' The Evening Standard The jaw-dropping and inspiring story of accidental queer icon Norman Scott (the hero of TV drama A Very English Scandal) and the part he played in one of the greatest political scandals of the 20th century. In October 1975 an assassin tried to murder Norman Scott on Exmoor but the trigger failed and he only succeeded in shooting Scott's beloved dog, Rinka. Scott subsequently found himself at the centre of a major political scandal and became an unlikely queer icon. But this was never his intention... He was born in 1940 into a poor, dysfunctional and abusive family. Aged sixteen he began an equestrian career, animals having been the one source of comfort in his childhood. By the age of twenty he had run into debts and had suffered a nervous breakdown. In 1960 Scott began a sexual affair with Jeremy Thorpe. By the time of the attempted assassination of Scott, Thorpe was married, leader of the Liberal Party and a figure at the heart of the establishment. He was embarrassed by their former relationship and wanted to cover it up. But he failed. The assassination attempt culminated in a sensational trial in 1979, where Thorpe was tried for conspiracy to murder. The press labelled Scott a madman and the establishment protected Thorpe, who was acquitted. Only recently has Scott's version of events been vindicated. An Accidental Icon tells a story that is inspiring and jaw droppingly unbelievable: it is the tale of the courage and survival of one man who took on the establishment

The Duchess Who Dared

Author : Charles Castle
Publisher : Swift Press
ISBN 13 : 1800750803
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess Who Dared written by Charles Castle and published by Swift Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany ?Margaret was debutante of the year, the beautiful fairy-tale heiress immortalised in Cole Porter's 'You're The Top' - who ended up penniless and ostracised from her own family. Legal actions coloured her life - her divorce from the Duke of Argyll was one of the longest, costliest and most notorious in British legal history. Her diaries, and photographs of her with an anonymous naked man, were used in evidence. This sparkling biography draws on exclusive interviews with the late Duchess to lift the lid off her extraordinary story, and her scandalous lifestyle. The Duchess Who Dared is a fascinating chronicle of a complex, charming and surprisingly modern woman.

The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England

Author : Alastair Bellany
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521035439
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England written by Alastair Bellany and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-29 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed 2002 study of the political significance of the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 1613.

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

Author : Richard Davenport-Hines
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000743586X
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo written by Richard Davenport-Hines and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 472 pages. 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 Deceit

Author : Malcolm Balen
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007292783
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book A Very English Deceit written by Malcolm Balen and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-09-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Sea Bubble was a scandal of immense proportions. Malcolm Balen reveals the full story of corruption and scandal that attended the birth of the first shareholder economy, and with it uncovers a parable for our times.

The Dig

Author : John Preston
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590517806
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Dig written by John Preston and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BASIS FOR THE NETFLIX FILM STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN, RALPH FIENNES, AND LILY JAMES A literary adventure that tells the story of a priceless buried treasure discovered in England on the eve of World War II In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Mrs. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find. This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig follows three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. As the war looms ever closer, engraved gold peeks through the soil, and each character searches for answers in the buried treasure. Their threads of love, loss, and aspiration weave a common awareness of the past as something that can never truly be left behind.

Scandal of The Season

Author : Christie Kelley
Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 1420120263
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Scandal of The Season written by Christie Kelley and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spy for the crown meets his match when he crosses paths with a beautiful pickpocket in this “racy and romantic” Regency series (Anna Campbell, author of Captive of Sin). For ten years, Anthony Westfield, Viscount Somerton, hasn't been able to forget the scandalous night of passion he shared with a beautiful, mysterious woman. When their paths cross again, he's shocked to discover Victoria Seaton is an accomplished pickpocket. But Somerton leads a double life of his own. Working undercover for the Queen, he makes Victoria a proposition: pretend to be his mistress or risk ruin. Victoria can't believe the man who almost destroyed her life a decade ago is now threatening to unravel her secrets. But posing as his mistress at a holiday country party is a game she can play well. For just one look into Somerton's eyes still weakens her with lust. And with Christmas fast approaching, every kiss they share under the mistletoe only makes them fall more deeply in love . . .

A Very British Revolution

Author : Martin Bell
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848311001
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book A Very British Revolution written by Martin Bell and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasants' Revolt - an uprising of the people against the political class. Ordinary men and women with political views across the spectrum were by turns amused, incredulous, shocked and then bitterly angry as the disclosures on MPs' expenses flooded out. From Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's bath plug to Conservative MP Sir John Butterfill's 'flipping' of his constituency home - a now-notorious manoeuvre that required him to refund GBP60,000 to the taxpayer - the exposure of MPs' expenses revealed Westminster's culture of quiet corruption like never before. Drawing on his experience as an MP and as a member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges, Martin Bell explains how the expenses crisis arose and, most compellingly, lays out his prescription for healing the deep wounds inflicted by the scandal. As Martin puts it: 'The revolution will not be complete until all the rogues in the House are gone and public confidence in the MPs remaining is restored.' This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revive British politics, and the rebuilding starts here.

AGE OF SCANDAL

Author : Terence Hanbury White
Publisher : Alien Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 1667623818
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book AGE OF SCANDAL written by Terence Hanbury White and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 1950-07-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Age of Scandal focuses on the period in late 18th-century England following the Age of Reason—a period characterized by dilettantism, material comfort & eccentricity. Based on writings by Horace Walpole & other literate recorders, White has constructed a “little scrapbook of a nostalgic Tory.” He describes the eccentricities of the 18th-century Royal Family, the fashions of the nobility—the powdering of wigs, eating, drinking, medicine, birthday parties, theater & pronunciation; attitudes toward religion & sport; and above all, the outrageous gossip circulating in literary circles.

Bad Gays

Author : Huw Lemmey
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1839763280
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book Bad Gays written by Huw Lemmey and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These “very funny-deep dives into the lives of the most dastardly queer people in history” offer a passionate argument for rethinking gay politics beyond identity (Vogue). What can we learn from the homosexual villains, failures, and baddies of our past? We all remember Oscar Wilde, but who speaks for Bosie? What about those ‘bad gays’ whose unexemplary lives reveal more than we might expect? Many popular histories seek to establish homosexual heroes, pioneers, and martyrs but, as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and dastardly deeds have been overlooked despite their being informative and instructive. Based on the hugely popular podcast series of the same name, Bad Gays asks what we can learn about LGBTQ+ history, sexuality and identity through its villains, failures, and baddies. With characters such as the Emperor Hadrian, anthropologist Margaret Mead and notorious gangster Ronnie Kray, the authors tell the story of how the figure of the white gay man was born, and how he failed. They examine a cast of kings, fascist thugs, artists and debauched bon viveurs. Imperial-era figures Lawrence of Arabia and Roger Casement get a look-in, as do FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, lawyer Roy Cohn, and architect Philip Johnson. Together these amazing life stories expand and challenge mainstream assumptions about sexual identity: showing that homosexuality itself was an idea that emerged in the 19th century, one central to major historical events. Bad Gays is a passionate argument for rethinking gay politics beyond questions of identity, compelling readers to search for solidarity across boundaries.

A Very British Coup

Author : Chris Mullin
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
ISBN 13 : 9781846687402
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book A Very British Coup written by Chris Mullin and published by Serpent's Tail. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic political thriller that foretold the rise of Corbyn, from the acclaimed author of A View from the Foothills

Fall

Author : John Preston
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062997513
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Fall written by John Preston and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Costa Prize Winner: The “best biography yet” of notorious media mogul Robert Maxwell, “by turns engrossing, amusing, and appalling” (Sunday Times). In February 1991, Robert Maxwell triumphantly sailed into New York Harbor on his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, to buy the ailing Daily News. Taxi drivers stopped their cabs to shake his hand, children asked for his autograph, and patrons of the hottest restaurant in Manhattan gave him a standing ovation while he dined. Ten months later, Maxwell disappeared off that same yacht in the middle of the night and was later found dead in the water. As John Preston, author of A Very English Scandal, reveals in this biography, Maxwell’s death was as mysterious as his remarkable life. A tightly paced, addictive saga of ambition, hubris, narcissism, greed, power, and intrigue, this book recounts Maxwell’s rise and fall and rise and fall again. Preston moves backward and forward in time to examine the forces that shaped Maxwell, from his Jewish childhood in occupied Eastern Europe to his failed political ambitions in the 1960s that ended in accusations of financial double-dealing to his resurrection as a media mogul—and the family legacy he left behind, including his daughter Ghislaine Maxwell. Preston chronicles Maxwell’s all-encompassing rivalry with Rupert Murdoch—a battle that ruined Maxwell financially, threatened his sanity, and led, indirectly, to his death. Did Maxwell have a heart attack and fall overboard? Was his death suicide? Or was he murdered—possibly by Mossad or the KGB? Few in the twentieth century journeyed as far from his roots as Robert Maxwell. Yet, as Fall reveals, no one, however rich and powerful, can entirely escape their past. “Preston tells [the story] with great verve and the benefit of extensive interviews.” —The Economist “The mystery of this larger-than-life figure is perplexing—true crime aficionados will be absorbed.” —Library Journal “One of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime . . . well-researched, compelling.” —Kirkus Reviews

This Is Going to Hurt

Author : Adam Kay
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316426733
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book This Is Going to Hurt written by Adam Kay and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the US edition of this international bestseller, Adam Kay channels Henry Marsh and David Sedaris to tell us the "darkly funny" (The New Yorker) -- and sometimes horrifying -- truth about life and work in a hospital. Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know -- and more than a few things you didn't -- about life on and off the hospital ward. And yes, it may leave a scar.

Beneath the Streets

Author : Adam Macqueen
Publisher : Eye & Lightning Books
ISBN 13 : 1785631748
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Beneath the Streets written by Adam Macqueen and published by Eye & Lightning Books. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jeremy Thorpe hired thugs to kill his ex-lover, they botched it. What if they had succeeded? 'A breathtaking, heartbreaking thriller' – Jake Arnott It is February 1976, and the naked corpse of a shockingly underage rent boy is fished out of a pond on Hampstead Heath. Since the police don't seem to care, twenty-year-old Tommy Wildeblood – himself a former 'Dilly boy' prostitute – finds himself investigating. Dodging murderous Soho hoodlums and the agents of a more sinister power, Tommy uncovers another, even more shocking crime: the Liberal leader and likely next Home Secretary, Jeremy Thorpe, has had his former male lover executed on Exmoor and got clean away with it. Now the trail of guilt seems to lead higher still, and a ruthless Establishment will stop at nothing to cover its tracks. In a gripping thriller whose cast of real-life characters includes Prime Minister Harold Wilson, his senior adviser Lady Falkender, gay Labour peer Tom Driberg and the investigative journalist Paul Foot, Adam Macqueen plays 'what if' with Seventies political history – with a sting in the tail that reminds us that the truth can be just as chilling as fiction. 'A fucking fantastic read. A gripping what-if thriller, packed with vivid period detail and page-turning twists. To find myself actually making an appearance in the final chapter was just cream on the cake' – Tom Robinson

The Professor and the Parson

Author : Adam Sisman
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1640093281
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Professor and the Parson written by Adam Sisman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “amusing and elegantly written” romp takes readers on a wild ride through the life of Robert Parkin Peters (The New York Times Book Review)—a liar, bigamist, and fraudulent priest who tricked some of the brightest minds of his generation. One day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor–Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor–Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist, fraudulent priest, and imposter extraordinaire. The Professor and the Parson is a witty and charming portrait of eccentricity, extraordinary narcissism, and a life as wild and unlikely as any in fiction. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters lied, stole, and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, he left a trail of destruction including seven marriages (three of which were bigamous) and an investigation by the FBI. "I was captivated from start to finish by this utterly mad, and wholly delightful story of chicanery and fantasy, and which involves a man who relentlessly duped our most cherished institutions of godly pursuit and higher learning. Plus I learned how to defrock a priest, always good to have on hand in these troubling times." —Simon Winchester, author of The Perfectionists

Bell, Book and Scandal

Author : Jill Churchill
Publisher : Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781587245787
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Bell, Book and Scandal written by Jill Churchill and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You can't judge a book by its cover. To look at her, one would never think suburbanite homemaker Jane Jeffry would be interested in murder and mayhem. But after all the corpses she's come across - and killers she's unmasked - she's practically an expert on the subject. Which is why, with best buddy Shelley Nowack in tow, Jane's booking down to a nearby mystery writers' convention to mingle with the brightest lights of literary crime ... and maybe drum up some interest in her own recently completed manuscript." "They're all there: editors, agents, publishing bigwigs, and famous authors like Jane and Shelley's personal fave, Felicity Roane. Even Jane's longtime honey, Detective Mel VanDyne, is a scheduled guest speaker. Of course there are bound to be some bad apples in the bunch: macho-malicious literary critic-cum-snake Zac Zebra, for example, and loudmouth Vernetta Strausmann, who self-published her despicable whodunit and successfully hawked it on the Internet." "However, what would a mystery convention be without a mystery? So one is graciously supplied when a famous ego-squashing editor keels over at the speaker's podium, undone by an anonymous poisoner. And when a much-hated book-bashing journalist is himself bashed quite nastily in the parking lot, it seems fairly certain that at least one real-life murder is stalking the proceedings. But who is he/she/them? The dirt-dishing, pseudonymous Internet gossip monger "Ms. Mystery," who's lurking around there somewhere? The local bookseller who dearly loves "Modern Golden Age" women writers? The avid reader who seems to know a bit too much about the personal lives of the famous attendees?" "Jane and Shelley are on the case, ready to snoop, eavesdrop, and gossip their way to a solution. But the killer they seek is no open book ... and may turn out to be harder - and deadlier - to read than they initially imagined."--BOOK JACKET.