Scandal at Dolphin Square (eBook)

A Notorious History

Simon Danczuk, Daniel Smith (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
288 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9982-3 (ISBN)

Infos

'A rollicking romp.' – Mail On Sunday
'Compelling, authoritative and as readable as the best airport thriller. It fizzes with crime, fame, power and illicit sex.' – Jeremy Vine
'A timely and important book. It's quite remarkable how one building has played host to such debauchery. If only the walls could talk…' – Iain Dale
Designed as a city dwelling for the modern age, Dolphin Square opened in London's Pimlico in 1936. Boasting 1,250 hi-tech flats, a swimming pool, restaurant, gardens and shopping arcade, the complex quickly attracted a long list of the affluent and influential. But behind its veneer of respectability, the Square has become one of the country's most notorious addresses; a place where the private lives of those from the highest of high society and the lowest depths of the underworld have collided and played out over the best part of a century.
This is the story of the Square and its people, an ever-evolving cast of larger-than- life characters who have borne witness to, and played pivotal roles in, some of the most scandalous episodes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. From Oswald Mosley and the Carry On gang to allegations of systematic sexual abuse, it is a saga replete with mysterious deaths, exploitation, espionage, illicit love affairs and glamour, shining a light on the changing nature of British politics and society in the modern age.

Autor

Simon Danczuk is the former MP for Rochdale and co-author of the bestselling Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith (Biteback, 2014) and has written extensively for the national press. Daniel Smith is the author of the acclaimed The Peer and the Gangster (THP, 2020).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.2.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Adam Werritty • a notorious history • A Notorious History|John Blashford-Snell • Anthony Daly • a very english scandal • British politics • british scandals • Camera The Double Life of Cyril Smith • Carl Beech • carry on gang • cyril smith • David Weeks • Dolphin Square and a History of Scandal • Dolphin Square and a History of Scandal, pimlico, london history, scandal, british scandals, history of scandals, political scandals, oswald moseley, carry on gang, profumo affair, vip scandal, john vassall, A Very English Scandal • Dolphin Square and a History of Scandal, pimlico, london history, scandal, british scandals, history of scandals, political scandals, oswald moseley, carry on gang, profumo affair, vip scandal, john vassall, A Very English Scandal, A Notorious History • Espionage • Fr Michael Seed • history of scandals • illicit affairs • jeremy thorpe • John Blashford-Snell • John Blashford-Snell, Max Mosley, William and Graeme Steel, Norman Scott, Jeremy Thorpe, David Weeks, Adam Werritty, Fr Michael Seed, Lord Sewel, Anthony Daly, Rupert Everett, Carl Beech, Roddam Twiss, cyril smith, Camera The Double Life of Cyril Smith, a notorious history, espionage, political scandals, illicit affairs, the carry on gang, profumo affair, VIP sexual abuse ring • John Blashford-Snell, Max Mosley, William and Graeme Steel, Norman Scott, Jeremy Thorpe, David Weeks, Adam Werritty, Fr Michael Seed, Lord Sewel, Anthony Daly, Rupert Everett, Carl Beech, Roddam Twiss, cyril smith, Camera The Double Life of Cyril Smith, a notorious history, espionage, political scandals, illicit affairs, the carry on gang, profumo affair, VIP sexual abuse ring, scandal, oswald moseley, the carry on gang, british politics, sleaze • john vassall • London history • Lord Sewel • Max Mosley • Norman Scott • Oswald Moseley • Pimlico • political scandals • Profumo Affair • Roddam Twiss • Rupert Everett • scandal • sleaze • the carry on gang • vip scandal • VIP sexual abuse ring • William and Graeme Steel
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9982-9 / 0750999829
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9982-3 / 9780750999823