A Very English Scandal
Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment
The bestselling book that inspired the Bafta-winning BBC drama,starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw
Corruption. 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…
$19.99
September 25, 2018John Preston is the arts editor and television critic of the Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of a novel, Ghosting, and a travel book, Touching the Moon. He lives in London.
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