“A Very English Scandal – Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment” is the true story of the Jeremy Thorpe murder-plot. Jeremy Thorpe was a British MP and leader of the Liberal Party. This amazing book is the story of his downfall.
Throughout this gob-smacking, and sometimes hilariously funny story, one is often left aghast at the shenanigans and behaviour of the amazing cast of characters.
I read the 300+ pages in just two days. It’s a fantastic book and is highly recommended.
Interestingly the book is described on the back as a non-fiction novel. I had to look this up. Wikipedia says a non-fiction novel ‘depicts real historical figures and actual events woven together with fictitious conversations and using the storytelling techniques of fiction’. Wikipedia also describes Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood as one of the first examples of this technique. Coincidentally I read this last month – and raved over it! (Which I did when I first read it over forty years ago).
things change 