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The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward - Sex, Scandal, and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair (Paperback)
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The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward - Sex, Scandal, and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair (Paperback)
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A tour de force account of seduction, power, and betrayal in the
biggest political sex scandal of its age The Profumo Affair rocked
the British establishment like no scandal before or since. The Tory
war minister, John Profumo, had taken up with a teenager named
Christine Keeler, who was also sleeping with a Soviet intelligence
agent. The ensuing inquiry revealed a hidden underworld in which
men of the ruling classes and politicians cavorted with prostitutes
at orgies. The revelations shook the British government and sent
shock waves all the way to the Kennedy White House. The man at the
center of the storm was Dr. Stephen Ward. Ward was a successful
doctor to the rich and powerful, a talented artist who drew
portraits of many of his famous patients and fixed up prominent men
with young women. He was also a pawn, ruthlessly exploited by the
intelligence agencies. When the Profumo Affair threatened the
government, Ward became a scapegoat, hounded to death-and perhaps
murdered. For the first time, The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward
reveals the names that could not be exposed and the truths that
could not be told until now. "The research is outstanding, the
whole story is told in full . . . unputdownable." -Charles Bates,
former assistant director of the FBI "A convincing picture of how
the Establishment closed ranks." -The Spectator "Juicy . . .
admirable sleuthing." -London Review of Books "Debauchery, class
antagonism and espionage, a potent formula for a bestseller."
-Irish Times "An irreverent expose of outrageous scope, even by the
hypocritical standards of the British Establishment." -Sunday
Tribune (Ireland) "A thoroughly gripping true life thriller."
-Eastern Daily Press Anthony Summers is the bestselling author of
eight nonfiction books. His investigative books include Not in Your
Lifetime, the critically acclaimed book about the assassination of
John F. Kennedy; Official & Confidential: The Secret Life of J.
Edgar Hoover; and most recently The Eleventh Day, on the 9/11
attacks-a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History. Stephen
Dorril is the author of MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations and
other authoritative books on intelligence.
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