{"product_id":"9780241973745","title":"A Very English Scandal : Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Preston, John, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/04\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Political leaders \u0026amp; leadership, True crime\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241973745\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling book that inspired the Bafta-winning BBC drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCorruption. Blackmail. Conspiracy to murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Very English Scandal has all the hallmarks of a classic thriller with one difference. It's all true. In the late 1960s Jeremy Thorpe, the charismatic leader of the Liberal Party, was at the height of his political career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut homosexuality had only just been legalized, and a former relationship with a younger man named Norman Scott threatened to destroy Thorpe's carefully curated facade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelped by fellow politicians, Thorpe schemed, deceived and embezzled until he saw only one way to silence his ex-lover for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeticulously researched and endlessly extraordinary, Thorpe's trial captured the moment that British society discovered the truth about its political class - and learned just how far the Establishment will go to protect its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35020450594969,"sku":"9780241973745","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780241973745.jpg?v=1597574417","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780241973745","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}