The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward
Sex, Scandal and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair
Published on 6. December 2013
352 pages
978-1-4722-1663-2 (ISBN)
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The Profumo Affair was the political scandal of the twentieth century. The Tory War Minister, John Profumo, had been sleeping with the teenage Christine Keeler, while at the same time she had been sleeping with a Russian spy. The ensuing investigation revealed a secret world where titled men and prostitutes mixed, of orgies and S&M parties. The revelations rocked the British establishment to its core and lead to the resignation of the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. And seemingly at the centre of it all was one man, Dr Stephen Ward.
Stephen Ward was many things to many people. He was a successful osteopath to an establishment list of clients. He was a part-time artist who had drawn portraits of members of the Royal Family. To some he was a 'provider of popsies to rich people'; a man who knews lots of pretty girls of flexible morals. And finally, when the scandal came crashing down on the government, he was a scapegoat, put on trial and, ultimately, hounded to his death.
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward is the definitive investigation into the Profumo scandal and the life and mysterious death of the man at its heart.
Stephen Ward was many things to many people. He was a successful osteopath to an establishment list of clients. He was a part-time artist who had drawn portraits of members of the Royal Family. To some he was a 'provider of popsies to rich people'; a man who knews lots of pretty girls of flexible morals. And finally, when the scandal came crashing down on the government, he was a scapegoat, put on trial and, ultimately, hounded to his death.
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward is the definitive investigation into the Profumo scandal and the life and mysterious death of the man at its heart.
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Digital original
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English
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United Kingdom
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Headline Publishing Group
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3,37 MB
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978-1-4722-1663-2 (9781472216632)
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Anthony Summers is the award-winning author of eight bestselling non-fiction books. As a BBC journalist, he covered events in the United States and wars in Vietnam and the Middle East for Panorama. His most recent book The Eleventh Day, co-authored with Robbyn Swan, was a Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History. It also won the Crime Writer's Association's Gold Dagger award for best non-fiction - which the first edition of this book also won. Summers is the only author to have won two Gold Dagger awards for non-fiction.
Stephen Dorril is an acknowledged authority on the activities of the British security and intelligence services (MI5 & MI6). He is the author of an acclaimed history of MI6 and has been a consultant and researcher for many television and radio programmes on post-war covert operations. He lectures on investigative journalism at the University of Huddersfield.
Stephen Dorril is an acknowledged authority on the activities of the British security and intelligence services (MI5 & MI6). He is the author of an acclaimed history of MI6 and has been a consultant and researcher for many television and radio programmes on post-war covert operations. He lectures on investigative journalism at the University of Huddersfield.
