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An English affair : sex, class and power in the age of Profumo / Richard Davenport-Hines.

Title
An English affair : sex, class and power in the age of Profumo / Richard Davenport-Hines.
Author
Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-
Publication
London : HarperPress, 2013.

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Description
400 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
A racy snapshot of Britain in the late 1950s and early 1960s, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Profumo affair.
Subject
  • Profumo, John D. > Sexual behavior
  • Keeler, Christine > Sexual behavior
  • 1900-1999
  • Political corruption > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Scandals > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Great Britain > Politics and government > 1964-1979
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-375) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE CAST -- ch. 1 Prime Minister -- ch. 2 War Minister -- ch. 3 Lord -- ch. 4 Doctor -- ch. 5 Good-Time Girls -- ch. 6 Landlords -- ch. 7 Hacks -- ch. 8 Spies -- pt. TWO DRAMA -- ch. 9 Acting Up -- ch. 10 Show Trials -- ch. 11 Safety Curtain.
ISBN
  • 9780007435845 (hbk.)
  • 0007435843 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 810945975
  • SCSB-10878545
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library