Isaacs Mark - Shame And Scandal '63 An Uncensored Guide To The Profumo Affair An Uncensored Guide To The Profumo Affair

Binding: Visual And Mapping
Description: In this map and guide we chart the brief intense period of the Profumo Scandal of 1963. An affair that shocked the establishment bringing together spies politicians teenage 'good - time girls' slumlords and sundry inhabitabitants of London's demi - monde. Cliveden Estate July 1961: 19 - year - old model Christine Keeler is introduced to John Profumo Secretary of State for War. The pair embark on a brief affair however Christine is also enjoying the attention of Yevgeny Ivanov a Soviet agent who is being monitored by MI 5. The man who links this trio is osteopath Dr Stephen Ward. That would likely have been the end of the story had other elements of Keeler's life not spiralled out of control culminating in gunfire in a quiet mews in Marylebone. The press would soon join the dots between Christine Keeler Mandy Rice - Davies John Profumo and an ever - expanding cast of those on the fringes of a sexually liberated London underworld.
Title: Shame And Scandal '63 An Uncensored Guide To The Profumo Affair An Uncensored Guide To The Profumo Affair
Author(s): Isaacs Mark, Scott Sugiuchi
Publisher: Herb Lester Associates Ltd
Barcode: 9781739339746
Pages: 1 Pages
Publication Date: 10/1/2024
Category: Travel Maps