An English Affair : Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo EPUB
by Richard Davenport-Hines
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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.Britain in 1963 - Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of a Conservative government, dedicated to tradition, hierarchy and, above all, old-fashioned morality.
But a breakdown of social boundaries saw nightclub hostesses mixing with aristocrats, and middle-class professionals dabbling in criminality.
Meanwhile, Cold War paranoia gripped the public imagination.The Profumo Affair was a perfect storm, and when it broke it rocked the Establishment.
In 'An English Affair', the author of the critically-acclaimed 'Titainic Lives' Richard Davenport-Hines brings Swinging London to life.
The cast of players includes the familiar - louche doctor Stephen Ward, good-time girls Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, and Secretary for War John Profumo himself.
But we also encounter the tabloid hacks, property developers and hangers-on whose roles have, until now, never been fully revealed.Sex, drugs, class, race, chequebook journalism and the criminal underworld - the Profumo Affair had it all.
This is the story of how Sixties England cast off respectability and fell in love with scandal.
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- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:17/12/2012
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- ISBN:9780007435869
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:17/12/2012
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Category:
- Autobiography: historical, political & military
- True stories
- General & world history
- British & Irish history
- Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2..
- Social & cultural history
- The Cold War
- Social & political philosophy
- Politics & government
- Political science & theory
- Political leaders & leadership
- Political corruption
- ISBN:9780007435869