Jeremy Thorpe
$53.25
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
11 January 2016
Summary
Jeremy Thorpe: A Scandalous Rise and Fall
‘A revealing, insightful and gripping biography of one of the most extraordinary people ever to lead a British political party’ Observer
The story of Jeremy Thorpe’s 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349142203 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349142203 |
| Series: | Abacus Books |
| Author: | Michael Bloch |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2016 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 43mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Michael Bloch’s new biography of the former Liberal leader is never less than riveting … What makes this biography a triumph is the way Bloch weaves the Scott story into a proper political and personal account of Thorpe’s life … With the hidden gay life, the blackmail, the fraud, the raffish and unsuitable friends, the family suicides, the payoffs, the lies, the secret letters, the bizarre murder plots, the celebrity world, the story of Jeremy Thorpe is one of the most extraordinary political tales of the twentieth century. And in Michael Bloch it has found a worthy chronicler - The Times
Michael Bloch tells the tale of Jeremy Thorpe’s extraordinary life with panache and precision … A riveting story, well told - Mail on SundayThis smoothly impressive biography … makes for a fascinating read … Bloch makes a better job of juggling the two sides of his subject’s life - the glamorous progressive and the seedy show-off - than Thorpe did himself - Sunday Times[A] revealing, insightful and gripping biography of one of the most extraordinary people ever to lead a British political party - ObserverAbout The Author
Michael Bloch
Michael Bloch was born in 1953 and trained for the law. From 1979 he assisted Maitre Suzanne Blum, the Parisian lawyer of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. He is the author of several books on the Windsors as well as other acclaimed works of non-fiction.
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