She shut her mind against the evidence of her eyes as she reached the foot of the steps and hurried to the curricle. She could not bear to let that prayer of hope fizzle and die. Across the hall and through the front door she sped.ĭoubts nipped at her as she sprinted down the steps to the now stationary conveyance, but she ignored them. A glimpse of a curricle drawn by a pair of blacks set her heart racing, and she flung her embroidery aside, gathered her skirts and ran for the door.
She leapt to her feet and hurried to the salon window.
Hope erupted through her.it had been five days since her brother had gone out one day and not returned. He lives in London.Thea’s head snapped up at the sound of wheels crunching across the gravel outside Stourwell Court. He is the author of four highly acclaimed novels, including The Dig (Other Press, 2016), and a travel book, Touching the Moon. About the Author: John Preston is the arts editor and television critic of the Sunday Telegraph. With the pace and drama of a thriller, A Very English Scandal is an extraordinary story of hypocrisy, deceit and betrayal at the heart of the British Establishment. And it was the first time that a prominent public figure had been exposed as a philandering gay man, in an era when homosexuality had only just become legal. Dubbed the "Trial of the Century," Thorpe's climactic case at the Old Bailey in London was the first time that a leading British politician had stood trial on a murder charge, the first time that a murder plot had been hatched in the House of Commons. Until a dark night on the moor with an ex-lover, a dog and a hired gun led to consequences that even his charm and power couldn't help him escape. His homosexual affairs and harassment of past partners, along with his propensity for lying and embezzlement, only escalated as he evaded punishment. But Jeremy Thorpe was a man with a secret. In 1970, Thorpe was the most popular and charismatic politician in the country, poised to hold the balance of power in a coalition government. Police and politicians alike colluded to protect one of their own. The basis for the Emmy award-winning limited series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw A behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets While Jeremy Thorpe served as a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Liberal Party in the 1960s and 70s, his bad behavior went under the radar for years.
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