JEREMY THORPE by Michael Bloch
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. But as his star steadily rose, so his nemesis drew ever nearer: a time-bomb in the form of Norman Scott, a sometime male model with whom Jeremy had formed an ill-advised relationship in the early 1960s. Scott’s incessant boasts about their ‘affair’ became increasingly embarrassing, and eventually led to a bizarre plot to shut him up for good. Jeremy was acquitted of involvement but his career was in ruins.
JEREMY THORPE by Michael Bloch
On behalf of
Johnson and Alcock
Published in the UK by
Little, Brown Book Group
16 December 2014