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ISBN 10: 0241973740 ISBN 13: 9780241973745

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The shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for murder 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, has a secret he's desperate to hide. As long as Norman Scott, his beautiful, unstable lover is around, Thorpe's brilliant career is at risk., With the help of his fellow politicians, Thorpe schemes, deceives, embezzles - until he can see only one way to silence Scott for good.

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The shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for murder (Publisher's description)

This is a brilliant, sad, startling nonfiction novel about the Jeremy Thorpe murder-plot scandal. It is as funny and dark as anything by Evelyn Waugh or Jonathan Coe. And in these post Cyril Smith/Jimmy Saville days, it's so timely and relevant (Jon Ronson)

A terrific book and brilliantly researched. John Preston writes wonderful dead-pan prose and reveals the depths of depravity, the absurd power of snobbery and the old boy networks of the time (Claire Tomalin)

A brilliant exploration of an extraordinary political scandal... deeply researched, fluently written, and darkly comic, it reads like a thriller (Ben Macintyre)

I loved it; eccentric, dark, humane and English in the very best sense. It's going to be a sure fire-hit (Alain de Botton)

The most forensic, elegantly written, compelling account of one of the 20th century's great political scandals... a real page-turner' (Observer)

Very funny and endlessly extraordinary... makes for amazing reading (Catherine Shoard Guardian)

Impeccably researched... full of shocks, surprises and laugh-out-loud moments. Preston revives a forgotten era and delves into the personalities behind the headlines. (Times Crime Club)

Retold with masterful skill... It grips like a detective story, as compelling as BBC2's Life of Duty and every bit as dirty in what it exposes about the upper echelons of society in the Sixties and Seventies (Daily Mail Book of the Week)

This brilliant account made me feel I was hearing the tale for the first time ... Preston is an enthralling narrator (Mail on Sunday)

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'This is a brilliant, sad, startling nonfiction novel about the Jeremy Thorpe murder-plot scandal. It is as funny and dark as anything by Evelyn Waugh or Jonathan Coe. And in these post Cyril Smith/Jimmy Saville days, it's so timely and relevant' Jon Ronson

The shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for murder

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, has a secret he's desperate to hide. As long as Norman Scott, his beautiful, unstable lover is around, Thorpe's brilliant career is at risk. With the help of his fellow politicians, Thorpe schemes, deceives, embezzles - until he can see only one way to silence Scott for good.

'Gripping. A story of cack-handed assassins, buffoonish policemen, dodgy Home Secretaries and sizzled judges' Daily Telegraph

'The most forensic, elegantly written and compelling account of one of the 20th century's great political scandals. A real page-turner. An entertaining mix of tragedy and farce, involving people in high and low places' Observer

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Descripci�n Paperback. Condici�n: new. Paperback. An unputdownable real-life political thriller set in the House of CommonsThe bestselling book that inspired the Bafta-winning BBC drama, starring Hugh Grant and Ben WhishawCorruption. Blackmail. Conspiracy to murder. A Very English Scandal has all the hallmarks of a classic thriller with one difference. It's all true.In the late 1960s Jeremy Thorp, the charismatic leader of the Liberal Party, was at the height of his political career. But homosexuality had only just been legalized, and a former relationship with a younger man named Norman Scott threatened to destroy Thorp's carefully curated facade. Helped by fellow politicians, Thorpe schemed, deceived and embezzled until he saw only one way to silence his ex-lover for good.Meticulously researched and endlessly extraordinary, Thorp's trial captured the moment that British society discovered the truth about its political class - and learned just how far the Establishment will go to protect its own.'Gripping. A story of cack-handed assassins, buffoonish policemen, dodgy Home Secretaries' Daily Telegraph'I loved it; eccentric, dark, humane and English in the very best sense' Alain de Botton'Retold with masterful skill . . . It grips like a detective story' Daily Mail, Book of the Week Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N� de ref. del art�culo: 9780241973745

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