{"product_id":"9780241973745","title":"A Very English Scandal","description":"Author: Preston, John\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241973745\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Jun 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unputdownable real-life political thriller set in the House of Commons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling book that inspired the Bafta-winning BBC drama, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003estarring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorruption. Blackmail. Conspiracy to murder. \u003ci\u003eA Very English Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e has all the hallmarks of a classic thriller with one difference. It's all true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the late 1960s Jeremy Thorp, the charismatic leader of the Liberal Party, was at the height of his political career. But homosexuality had only just been legalized, and a former relationship with a younger man named Norman Scott threatened to destroy Thorp's carefully curated facade. Helped by fellow politicians, Thorpe schemed, deceived and embezzled until he saw only one way to silence his ex-lover for good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched and endlessly extraordinary, Thorp's trial captured the moment that British society discovered the truth about its political class - and learned just how far the Establishment will go to protect its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eGripping. \u003cb\u003eA story of cack-handed assassins, buffoonish policemen, dodgy Home Secretaries'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eI loved it; \u003cb\u003eeccentric, dark, humane\u003c\/b\u003e and English in the very best sense' Alain de Botton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Retold with masterful skill . . .\u003cb\u003e It grips like a detective story'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail, Book of the Week\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171398627486,"sku":"UBD-9780241973745","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241973745.jpg?v=1787220324","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241973745","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}