Andrew Lycett

The dog it was that died

John Preston revisits the dog days of British politics when Rinka, compromising letters and conspiracy to murder were the daily headlines

  • A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment

    John Preston

    Viking, pp. 340

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