Stonehouse : cabinet minister, fraudster, spy
Hayes, Julian2021
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In November 1974, British MP and former cabinet minister John Stonehouse walked into the sea off a beach in Miami and disappeared, seemingly drowned. Then he was found - on the other side of the world, in Australia - and his extraordinary story began to come to light: a Labour cabinet minister and a devoted family man; also in a long-term affair with his secretary, and a spy for the Czech State Security agency, who had committed fraud and attempted to fake his own death to escape catastrophic business failures. Was it a mental breakdown as he later claimed? Or were there more sinister reasons for his dramatic disappearance? This is the definitive biography of Stonehouse, written by Julian Hayes, who, as the son of Stonehouse's nephew and lawyer, Michael Hayes, is uniquely placed to tell the story of this charismatic but deeply flawed politician. As a criminal lawyer in London, Hayes has used his in-depth knowledge and experience of the criminal courts, not least the Old Bailey, where the Stonehouse trial took place, to forensically examine Stonehouse's story, including Czech defector Josef Froli0k's claim that he was a spy. Hayes has unearthed secret reports in the archives in Prague written by Stonehouse's former spymasters. He has also gleaned much from family members and lawyers involved in the trial and from the trial documents and other government papers held in archives in the UK and Australia.
Main title:
Stonehouse : cabinet minister, fraudster, spy / Julian Hayes.
Author:
Hayes, Julian, author
Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2021.©2021
Collation:
ix, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. New Beginnings? -- 2. Kolon -- 3. Czech Mate -- 4. Florian -- 5. Twister -- 6. Spring in the Air -- 7. Baco -- 8. Spy? -- 9. A New Business -- 10. Bangladesh -- 11. The Troubles -- 12. The Jackal -- 13. Farewells -- 14. Death of an Idealist -- 15. Enemies -- 16. Man Hunt -- 17. The Odyssey -- 18. The Bolthole -- 19. Revelations -- 20. The Arrest -- 21. The Pantomime -- 22. Captive -- 23. Liquidation -- 24. Release -- 25. Knives Are Sharpened -- 26. Cat and Mouse -- 27. An Inspector Calls -- 28. The Long Arm of the Law -- 29. End of the Affair? -- 30. Extradition -- 31. Bow Street -- 32. Her Majesty's Pleasure -- 33. Business as Usual -- 34. Committal Proceedings -- 35. The Beauty Parade -- 36. The Trial -- 37. Application to Adjourn -- 38. The Crown's Case -- 39. The Opening Salvos -- 40. Relative Values -- 41. Long, Hot Summer -- 42. Liquidation and Insurance -- 43. The Mysterious Mr Markham -- 44. To the Cells -- 45. Tapes -- 46. The Defence -- 47. The Three Faces -- 48. The Verdict and Aftermath -- 49. Final Frolik -- 50. The Funeral.
ISBN:
9781472146540 (hbk)9781472146540
Dewey class:
941.085092941.085
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
503617
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 941.085 STO | Available |