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Agent Twister - John Stonehouse and the Scandal that Gripped the Nation - A True Story (Hardcover)
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Agent Twister - John Stonehouse and the Scandal that Gripped the Nation - A True Story (Hardcover)
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He lived a double-life in the sixties. Faked his own death in the
seventies. And retained his cover in the eighties. 'A case more
important than Profumo' Financial Times 'A riveting read' Literary
Review A period thriller with powerful political and espionage
themes, Agent Twister is the remarkable story behind one of the
greatest scandals of the 1970s, told in full for the first time. If
you think you know the true story of John Stonehouse - think again.
It's November 1974 and John Stonehouse MP, once a star in Harold
Wilson's Labour government, is missing in Miami, presumed drowned.
His disappearance exposes the most lurid details of his life,
including identity fraud, corporate corruption, a love triangle,
blackmail, links with the Mafia and a decade-long career as a
Soviet spy. The public are gripped by this story, happy to forget
the strikes, IRA bombs and rising prices that are making daily life
a misery. On Christmas Eve, Stonehouse is tracked down in
Melbourne, Australia, where he is suspected of being that other
missing Englishman, Lord Lucan. The comic absurdity of the story is
offset by claims of a mental breakdown and a refusal to resign as
an MP, even when he is extradited back to the UK and up on charges
at the Old Bailey. For the first time, Agent Twister reveals the
corporate crimes at the heart of Stonehouse's business empire, the
true extent of his ten-year collusion with powerful Soviet proxies
and the political consequences of his antics. It's a scandal
greater than Profumo that lay buried for thirty years, with three
prime ministers - Wilson, Callaghan and Thatcher - covering it up
for very different reasons. Written by the makers of the Channel
Four documentary The Spy Who Died Twice, Agent Twister is the first
impartial account to put this extraordinary scandal in political
context and reveal why John Stonehouse really disappeared.
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