The peer and the gangster : a very British cover-up
Smith, Daniel, 1976-2021
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Place reservation for The peer and the gangster : a very British cover-upIn July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: 'PEER AND A GANGSTER: YARD ENQUIRY'. While the article withheld the names of the subjects, the newspaper reported that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police had ordered an investigation into an alleged homosexual relationship between 'a household name' from the House of Lords and a leading figure in the London underworld. Lord Boothby was the Conservative lord in question, and Ronnie Kray the infamous gangster. Drawing upon government papers, interviews, and a wide array of contemporary reports and secondary sources, Smith pieces together how eminent figures from the political firmament, the Security Service, the Metropolitan Police, the legal profession and the media saw to it that the Sunday Mirror's story was crushed almost as soon as it emerged.
Main title:
The peer and the gangster : a very British cover-up / Daniel Smith.
Author:
Smith, Daniel, 1976-, author
Edition:
[New edition].
Imprint:
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2021.
Collation:
256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780750997522 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.13230922364.132
Language:
English
Subject:
Political corruption -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryPress and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979Boothby, Robert John Graham, Baron, 1900-1986Kray, Ronald, 1933-1995True Crime20th century, c 1900 to c 1999Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999Biography: historical, political & militaryTrue crimeEuropean history
BRN:
771531
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