Author: | S.J. Hawley | ISBN: | 9781310514098 |
Publisher: | S.J. Hawley | Publication: | August 27, 2014 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
Author: | S.J. Hawley |
ISBN: | 9781310514098 |
Publisher: | S.J. Hawley |
Publication: | August 27, 2014 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
Language: | English |
The scandal that set the Sixties swinging... When Secretary of State for War John Profumo met night-club 'hostess' Christine Keeler, little did they know that their love affair would bring down a government. With a caste featuring high-class call-girls and corrupt politicians, Russian spies and Jamaican drug-dealers, and locations ranging from English country houses to Soho jazz-clubs, this is a tale of sex and espionage and political corruption, a saga of criminal trial, disgrace and suicide for Profumo and the circle that surrounded him. And all they'd ever wanted was a little harmless fun...
The scandal that set the Sixties swinging... When Secretary of State for War John Profumo met night-club 'hostess' Christine Keeler, little did they know that their love affair would bring down a government. With a caste featuring high-class call-girls and corrupt politicians, Russian spies and Jamaican drug-dealers, and locations ranging from English country houses to Soho jazz-clubs, this is a tale of sex and espionage and political corruption, a saga of criminal trial, disgrace and suicide for Profumo and the circle that surrounded him. And all they'd ever wanted was a little harmless fun...