A Very English Scandal
by John Prestonliterary work· published 2016
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A Very English Scandal is a true crime non-fiction novel by John Preston. It was first published on 5 May 2016 by Viking Press and by Other Press in the United States. The novel details the 1970s Thorpe affair in Britain, in which former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was tried and acquitted of conspiring to murder his alleged former lover, Norman Scott.
Adaptations (1)
A Very English Scandal was adapted into a 2018 television series.
A Very English Scandal2018 · television series · 2 min · dir. Stephen Frears · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.
