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3229591An English Affairhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/an-english-affair-sex-class-and-power-in-the-age-of-profumo-9780007435869/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3200137/9ca6f346-59f4-46fc-a1bc-16537f6f2934.jpg?v=638385019601730000174193MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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 of social boundaries saw nightclub hostesses mixing with aristocrats, and middle-class professionals dabbling in criminality. Meanwhile, Cold War paranoia gripped the public imagination.</p><p>The 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.</p><p>Sex, 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.</p>...3165820An English Affair174193https://www.gandhi.com.mx/an-english-affair-sex-class-and-power-in-the-age-of-profumo-9780007435869/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3200137/9ca6f346-59f4-46fc-a1bc-16537f6f2934.jpg?v=638385019601730000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129780007435869_W3siaWQiOiI1ZGZmYzQ1ZC02ZmE1LTQ5YWYtYjVmMy1kYjFjN2YwMjNkMzgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE5MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjE5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE3NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDgtMTRUMDg6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA5LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiI4M2QzNTBlOS1iZGRhLTQxOGItYWU0NS1iYTNlZWE0MmFjMDAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE2OSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMTAtMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780007435869_<p><strong>WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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 of social boundaries saw nightclub hostesses mixing with aristocrats, and middle-class professionals dabbling in criminality. Meanwhile, Cold War paranoia gripped the public imagination.</p><p>The 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.</p><p>Sex, 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.</p>...9780007435869_HarperCollins Publisherslibro_electonico_35e45bba-cb62-438c-ab9d-bf6bff9f5085_9780007435869;9780007435869_9780007435869Richard Davenport-HinesInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollinsuk-epub-811330ef-a30c-40aa-8b82-702653e2f805.epub2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers