A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of Establishment
Autor John Prestonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 aug 2018
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Notă biografică
John
Prestonis
a
former
Arts
Editor
of
theEvening
Standardand
theSunday
Telegraph.
For
ten
years
he
was
the
Sunday
Telegraph's
television
critic
and
one
of
its
chief
feature
writers.
His
novel,The
Dig,
based
on
the
1939
archaeological
excavation
at
Sutton
Hoo
in
Suffolk,
has
been
filmed
starring
Ralph
Fiennes,
Carey
Mulligan
and
Lily
James.
His
first
nonfiction
book,A
Very
English
Scandal,
was
published
to
great
acclaim
in
2016
and
turned
into
BAFTA-winning
BBC
drama
series.
His
latest
book,Fall,
tells
the
story
of
the
rise
and
fall
of
the
politician
and
business
magnate
Robert
Maxwell.
Recenzii
The
shocking
true
story
of
the
first
British
politician
to
stand
trial
for
murder
This is a brilliant, sad, startling nonfiction novelabout 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 sotimely and relevant
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
A brilliant exploration of an extraordinary political scandal... deeply researched, fluently written, and darkly comic,it reads like a thriller
I loved it; eccentric, dark, humane and English in the very best sense.It's going to be a sure fire-hit
The most forensic, elegantly written, compelling accountof one of the 20th century's great political scandals... a real page-turner'
Very funny and endlessly extraordinary... makes for amazing reading
Impeccably researched...full of shocks, surprises and laugh-out-loud moments.Preston revives a forgotten era and delves into the personalities behind the headlines.
Retold with masterful skill... It grips like a detective story, as compelling as BBC2'sLife of Dutyand every bit as dirty in what it exposes about the upper echelons of society in the Sixties and Seventies
Thisbrilliant accountmade me feel I was hearing the tale for the first time ... Preston isan enthralling narrator
Gripping... cack-handed assassins, buffoonish policemen, dodgy Home secretaries and sozzled judges.The conclusion of an Establishment cover-up is hard to avoid
The unbelievable truth...Preston is a natural storyteller ... he provides the context for actions that seem unbelievable today
Wonderfully readable...John Preston is the ideal author, having researched for years many minor characters and talked to dozens of well-known political and literary friends and enemies of Thorpe
Fluent, readable...a vivid tableauof the players in Thorpe's long, tragic downfall
I spent athrilling48 hours reading it.The narrative is so vivid, the characterisation so brilliant... I thought I knew all about these events, but the full horror of them has only now become apparent
A gripping accountof the Jeremy Thorpe case. The detailsmake one laugh out loud or gasp with amazement
The whole affair is retold here compellingly and fluently, bringing to life the cast of characters with some verve
Nothing comes close to the eyepopping outrageousness of the gay murder shenanigans that engulfed and almost destroyed a Liberal leader.Reads like a comic thriller
A wonderful, wonderful read
This is a brilliant, sad, startling nonfiction novelabout 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 sotimely and relevant
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
A brilliant exploration of an extraordinary political scandal... deeply researched, fluently written, and darkly comic,it reads like a thriller
I loved it; eccentric, dark, humane and English in the very best sense.It's going to be a sure fire-hit
The most forensic, elegantly written, compelling accountof one of the 20th century's great political scandals... a real page-turner'
Very funny and endlessly extraordinary... makes for amazing reading
Impeccably researched...full of shocks, surprises and laugh-out-loud moments.Preston revives a forgotten era and delves into the personalities behind the headlines.
Retold with masterful skill... It grips like a detective story, as compelling as BBC2'sLife of Dutyand every bit as dirty in what it exposes about the upper echelons of society in the Sixties and Seventies
Thisbrilliant accountmade me feel I was hearing the tale for the first time ... Preston isan enthralling narrator
Gripping... cack-handed assassins, buffoonish policemen, dodgy Home secretaries and sozzled judges.The conclusion of an Establishment cover-up is hard to avoid
The unbelievable truth...Preston is a natural storyteller ... he provides the context for actions that seem unbelievable today
Wonderfully readable...John Preston is the ideal author, having researched for years many minor characters and talked to dozens of well-known political and literary friends and enemies of Thorpe
Fluent, readable...a vivid tableauof the players in Thorpe's long, tragic downfall
I spent athrilling48 hours reading it.The narrative is so vivid, the characterisation so brilliant... I thought I knew all about these events, but the full horror of them has only now become apparent
A gripping accountof the Jeremy Thorpe case. The detailsmake one laugh out loud or gasp with amazement
The whole affair is retold here compellingly and fluently, bringing to life the cast of characters with some verve
Nothing comes close to the eyepopping outrageousness of the gay murder shenanigans that engulfed and almost destroyed a Liberal leader.Reads like a comic thriller
A wonderful, wonderful read