A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment (Hardcover) by John Preston

from martinhughharvey

I recall, as a young man, the MP Jeremy Thorpe, a flamboyant MP in the small UK Liberal Party - a party he eventually made even smaller and led to its demise. I also recalled the disasters that overcame him but being in Canada I never took much interest. I knew he ended up facing two murder-relat...

from richardderus

I CHECKED THE EBOOK EDITION OUT FROM MY LOCAL LIBRARY. USE THE LIBRARY, FOLKS, THEY NEED US! The Emmy-winning TV series available on Amazon is an ideal adaptation of the story told in this book. The morality play that was Jeremy Thorpe's life is hard to misunderstand: Bisexual in a time when an...

from mumoftheanimals

Thorpe dressed like my father so I was on his side although I can't remember much about the details of the case. I think the consensus in true-blue Leicestershire was they were all as bad as each other. This book has a very clear line: Thorpe was guilty and the establishment protected him. Thee i...

from runner56

The story of a government MP who uses and abuses his position of power to not only funnel funds but also amazingly to arrange the murder of his on/off lover Norman Scott, makes for surreal reading. Jeremy Thorpe was a respected eloquent Liberal MP and under the guise of a suave persona he was fri...

from Welsh_eileen2

The true account of the trial in the late 60's of a British politician who was accused of murdering his male lover. Jeremy Thorpe was a prominent figure in politics and the scandal of his affair sent shock waves through the British Establishment. I was given a digital copy of this book by the pub...