The Profumo Affair

By: Holburn, Vanessa

In the hot and steamy July of 1961, a hedonistic weekend at Lord Astor's Buckinghamshire estate Cliveden set in motion a chain of events like no other. It was where John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, first decided he must bed the 19-year-old Christine Keeler, a model and showgirl. But that weekend Keeler headed home to London with diplomat, and known Russian spy, Yevgeny Ivanov instead.

Undeterred, Profumo quickly started dating Keeler,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399062476
• ISBN13: 9781399062473
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 216 Pages