Richard Davenport-Hines - An English Affair Sex, Class and Powe
| Schrijver: | Richard Davenport-Hines |
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| Titel: | An English Affair Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo |
| ISBN: | 9780007435852 |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Uitgever: | Harperpress |
| Bijzonderheden: | Goed, 2013, Paperback, 400p |
| Prijs: | € 9,00 |
| Verzendkosten: | € 3,50 (binnen Nederland) |
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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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