Jeremy Thorpe

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Little, Brown
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 606 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on page edges). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The story of Jeremy Thorpes rapid rise and spectacular fall from grace is one of the most remarkable in British politics. When he became leader of the Liberal Party in 1967 at the age of just thirty-seven, he seemed destined for truly great things. But as his star steadily rose so his nemesis drew ever nearer: a time-bomb in the form of Norman Scott, a homosexual wastrel and sometime male model with whom Jeremy had formed an ill-advised relationship in the early 1960s. Scotts incessant boasts about their affair became increasingly embarrassing, and eventually led to a bizarre murder plot to shut him up for good. Jeremy was acquitted of involvement but his career was in ruins. Michael Blochs magisterial biography is not just a brilliant retelling of this amazing story; ten years in the making, it is also the definitive character study of one of the most fascinating figures in post-war British politics.

ISBN: 9780316856850