Jeremy Thorpe - Couverture souple

Bloch, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349114129 ISBN 13 : 9780349114125

Editeur : Abacus, 2016

Synopsis

The story of Jeremy Thorpe's rapid rise and spectacular fall from grace is one of the most remarkable in British politics. When he became leader of the Liberal Party in 1967 at the age of just thirty-seven, he seemed destined for truly great things. But as his star steadily rose so his nemesis drew ever nearer: a time-bomb in the form of Norman Scott, a homosexual wastrel and sometime male model with whom Jeremy had formed an ill-advised relationship in the early 1960s. Scott's incessant boasts about their 'affair' became increasingly embarrassing, and eventually led to a bizarre murder plot to shut him up for good. Jeremy was acquitted of involvement but his career was in ruins.

Michael Bloch's magisterial biography is not just a brilliant retelling of this amazing story; ten years in the making, it is also the definitive character study of one of the most fascinating figures in post-war British politics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Bloch was born in 1953 and trained for the law. From 1979 he assisted Maître Suzanne Blum, the Parisian lawyer of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. He is the author of several books on the Windsors as well as other acclaimed works of non-fiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349114129
• ISBN 13: 9780349114125
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 624
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• Personne responsable: non disponible