An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo

by Richard Davenport-Hines

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.

Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.

Britain in 1963 - Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of a Conservative government, dedicated to tradition, hierarchy and, above all, old-fashioned morality. But a breakdown...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007435851
• ISBN13: 9780007435852
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"