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Part of a series of books which examines real-life stories that have made newspaper headlines around the world, this looks at scandals through the 20th Century.Tags
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A collection of anecdotes covering many of the Twentieth Century international events that scandalised people at the time. Obviously scandals like the Profumo Affair, Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, Teddy Kennedy's bridge fail and Watergate all get a mention and there wasn't many entries I hadn't heard of but it was a pleasant enough way to pass the time.
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Nigel Blundell is a journalist who has worked in Australia, the United States, and Britain. He spent 25 years in Fleet Street before becoming an author and contributor to national newspapers. He has written more than 50 books, including several best-sellers on crime.
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- Canonical title
- The World's Greatest Scandals of the 20th Century
- Original publication date
- 1986
- People/Characters
- Edward M. Kennedy; James Mancham; John Profumo; Christine Keeler; Mandy Rice-Davies; Lillie Langtry (show all 55); Sarah Bernhardt; Prince Louis of Battenberg; John Vassall; King Carol II of Romania; Lord Lambton; Jerry Brown; Lord Jellicoe; Unity Mitford; Cecil Parkinson; Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor; Wallis Simpson; Winston Churchill; Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; Group Captain Peter Townsend; Roddy Llewellyn; Mick Jagger; Marianne Faithfull; Bianca Jagger; Jimmy Hendrix; Elvis Presley; Fatty Arbuckle; Charlie Chaplin; Fiona Richmond; Marilyn Monroe; Christa Helm; Rudolph Valentino; Lana Turner; Sarah Miles; Koo Stark; Marvin Gaye; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Ivar Kreuger; Bernie Cornfeld; Roberto Calvi; John DeLorean; Judah Binstock; Horatio Bottomley; John Stonehouse; Emil Savundra; Maundy Gregory; Billie Jean King; T. E. Lawrence; Errol Flynn; Jayne Mansfield; D. H. Lawrence; Princess Michael of Kent; Tom Keating; Margaret Trudeau; Richard M. Nixon
- Important events
- Watergate Scandal; Profumo affair
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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