Jeremy was acquitted of involvement but his career was in ruins.Michael Bloch's magisterial biography is not just a brilliant retelling of this amazing story ten years in the making, it is also the definitive character study of one of the most fascinating figures in post-war British politics. Scott's incessant boasts about their 'affair' became increasingly embarrassing, and eventually led to a bizarre murder plot to shut him up for good. Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch 556 pp, Little Brown, Telegraph offer price: £22.50 (PLUS £1.95 p&p) 08 (RRP £35, ebook £13.99). But as his star steadily rose so his nemesis drew ever nearer: a time-bomb in the form of Norman Scott, a homosexual wastrel and sometime male model with whom Jeremy had formed an ill-advised relationship in the early 1960s. 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. At the very least one can say that, if he has not solved, with this. Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch - 9780316856850 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Jeremy Thorpe Michael Bloch (Author) rrp 14.99 Description A revealing, insightful and gripping biography of one of the most extraordinary people ever to. Through painstaking, thorough research and extraordinary distillation, Michael Bloch has produced a masterpiece of biography. A riveting story, well told Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday Before he started the biography of Jeremy Thorpe, the 'formidable' Liberal Baroness Seear said to.

The story of Jeremy Thorpe's rapid rise and spectacular fall from grace is one of the most remarkable in British politics. Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch, 9780316856850, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. And in Michael Bloch it has found a worthy chronicler Daniel Finkelstein, The Times Michael Bloch tells the tale of Jeremy Thorpe's extraordinary life with panache and precision.

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