{"product_id":"an-english-affair-sex-class-and-power-in-the-age-of-profumo","title":"An English affair: sex, class and power in the age of Profumo","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. 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.   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. 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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 30 x 196 x 127\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor: Richard Davenport-Hines\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9780007435852\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 400\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bookhero.ae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67779746005145,"sku":"17RE-4-9780007435852","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/5696\/6297\/files\/An_English_affair_sex_class_and_power_in_the_age_of_Profumo_Richard_Davenport-Hines.jpg?v=1792824498","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.ae\/products\/an-english-affair-sex-class-and-power-in-the-age-of-profumo","provider":"Dubai - Buy Used\/Second-Hand Books - BookHero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}