Author: Richard Davenport-Hines Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 000743586X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 472
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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.
Author: Douglas Thompson Publisher: John Blake ISBN: 1782199616 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 387
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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
Author: John Lawton Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN: 0802142907 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 441
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In 1963, Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Troy is called back to active duty from his medical leave on the eve of the verdict in a case involving a physician acquaintance to deal with a curious double suicide.
Author: Alfred Thompson Denning Baron Denning Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO) ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 244
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The Profumo Affair remains the biggest scandal in British politics. The Minister of War was found to be having an affair with a call girl who had associations with a Russian Naval Officer at the height of the Cold War. Lord Dennings report into the scandal deals with questions of cover-up, lies told to Parliament, bribery and stories sold to the newspapers and describes with fascinated revulsion the extraordinary sexual behaviour of the great and the good of the day. Uncovered Editions are historic official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. This is a facsimile reprint of a report from the archives of the Stationery Office - also known as the Denning Report.
Author: Geoffrey Robertson Publisher: Biteback Publishing ISBN: 1849547025 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 161
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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.
Author: Anthony Summers Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1480466980 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 494
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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
Author: John Lawton Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd ISBN: 161185976X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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Named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, the Profumo Affair was the biggest British political scandal of 1963. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Soviet spy, followed by his lying in the House of Commons when he was questioned about it, forced the resignation of Profumo and damaged the reputation of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's government. Here, John Lawton explores how the scandal evolved and the effect it had upon the population of an increasingly liberated Britain. Unholy Joy went on to become the basis for a novel. A Little White Death has its roots in the Profumo affair, the correspondences will be apparent to the reader... but the 'buds and leaves' are Lawton's fiction. This kindle edition includes an extract from A Little White Death.
Author: Christine Keeler Publisher: Picador ISBN: 9780330481670 Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 283
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In 1961, a beautiful 19-year-old girl had a short affair with the Minister for War, John Profumo. Within two years, this led to the downfall of Harold Macmillans government, as she had also been having an affair with a Russian diplomat, and Profumo had lied to Parliament. But the social impact was greater than any political legacy: sex was now on everyones lips, and the press had discovered that it could, and would, expose the private lives of public figures. This is the lifes journey of a woman whom history has refused to let go, of her enormous personal sacrifices, and of her unstinting resolve.
Author: Peter Stanford Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0007400209 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 63
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For the first time since the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, the Astors’ own version of the events at Cliveden is told. Peter Stanford has been granted unprecedented access to Lady Astor, her private papers and her friends, as well as to many family members and key players in the drama.
Author: Richard Davenport-Hines
Author: Douglas Thompson
Author: John Lawton
Author: Clive Irving
Author: Alfred Thompson Denning Baron Denning
Author: Geoffrey Robertson
Author: Anthony Summers
Author: John Lawton
Author: Christine Keeler
Author: Peter Stanford