{"product_id":"an-english-affair-sex-class-and-power-in-the-age-of-profumo-9780007435845","title":"An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo\u003c\/strong\u003e by Davenport-Hines, Richard. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780007435845.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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.\n\nBritain 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.\n\nThe Profumo Affair was a perfect storm, and when it broke it rocked the Establishment. In ‘An English Affair’, the author of the critically-acclaimed ‘Titanic 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.\n\nSex, 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44609667891253,"sku":"ByrdShop_0007435843","price":80.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0007435843_4c5aa1ba-1ded-463c-aab6-eea647555f92_2538e313-93ee-4c83-aa41-861a7f053114.jpg?v=1790170095","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/an-english-affair-sex-class-and-power-in-the-age-of-profumo-9780007435845","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}