{"product_id":"9780007435852_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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritain 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSex, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Davenport-Hines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896006004885,"sku":"9780007435852","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007435852_cd5ea1ce-a31f-49f2-8d19-ac0b0c59334e.jpg?v=1776888187","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007435852_an-english-affair-sex-class-and-power-in-the-age-of-profumo","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}