{"product_id":"9780007435852","title":"An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo","description":"Author: Richard Davenport-Hines\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780007435852\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Aug 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain 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 of social boundaries saw nightclub hostesses mixing with aristocrats, and middle-class professionals dabbling in criminality. Meanwhile, Cold War paranoia gripped the public imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Profumo Affair was a perfect storm, and when it broke it rocked the Establishment. In ‘An English Affair’, the author of the critically-acclaimed ‘Titainic Lives’ Richard Davenport-Hines brings Swinging London to life. The cast of players includes the familiar – louche doctor Stephen Ward, good-time girls Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, and Secretary for War John Profumo himself. But we also encounter the tabloid hacks, property developers and hangers-on whose roles have, until now, never been fully revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSex, drugs, class, race, chequebook journalism and the criminal underworld – the Profumo Affair had it all. This is the story of how Sixties England cast off respectability and fell in love with scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240669167774,"sku":"HPC-9780007435852","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780007435852.jpg?v=1780360253","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780007435852","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}