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Named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, the Profumo Affair was the biggest British political scandal of 1963. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Soviet spy, followed by his lying in the House of Commons when he was questioned about it, forced the resignation of Profumo and damaged the reputation of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's government.Here, John Lawton explores how the scandal evolved and the effect it had upon the population of an increasingly liberated Britain.This went on to become the basis for a novel. __A Little White Death__ has its roots in the Profumo affair, the correspondences will be apparent to the reader... but the 'buds and leaves' are Lawton's fiction.This edition includes an extract from __A Little White Death__.

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Author

John Lawton

Publisher

Grove Press UK

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781611859768

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, European History, Humanities