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.
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ISBN
9781611859768
Publisert
2018
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Grove Press UK
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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