A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston

A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment

John Preston

361 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime informative fast-paced
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Behind oak-panelled doors in the House of Commons, men with cut-glass accents and gold signet rings are conspiring to murder. It's the late 1960s and homosexuality has only just been legalised, and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, h...

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