An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo
- ISBN-10
- 0007435851
- ISBN-13
- 9780007435852
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperPress
- Author
- Richard Davenport-Hines
Description
A racy snapshot of Britain in the late 1950s and early 1960s, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Profumo affair.
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