A remarkable collection of British state secrets—from Imelda Marcos and her son Bong Bong's trip to Buckingham Palace to President Eisenhower's particular problem with Winston Churchill's trousers Stored in Whitehall's archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear attacks to comical details of daily life in the corridors of power. Concerned notes from ministers on the subject of the Heir to the Throne's potential brainwashing by Welsh terrorists are shelved alongside worries about housemaids "on the wobble" at Chequers. Detailed and surprising plans for royal funerals sit beside reports on suspected spies in the showbiz world and bawdy poetry about the monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar. And Mary Whitehouse's complaints about the sex education syllabus nestle next to thank you notes from prisoner 13260/62, also known as Nelson Mandela. Adam Macqueen has searched high and low to present us with some of the most unlikely revelations since the Official secrets act was inaugurated 100 years ago, starring not only Mrs. Thatcher's ironing board, but also Ted Heath's car and Harold Macmillan's bedroom carpet.

The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Other State Secrets: True Stories from the Government Archives

Humor & Entertainment

Macqueen, Adam

Humor

Little, Brown Book Group

William Lever, founder of Unilever, held beliefs far ahead of his time – the welfare state and votes for women. On the other hand, the businessman and eccentric Victorian philanthropist believed that employers should dictate how workers spend their weekends.

The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up the World

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Corgi

William Hesketh Lever - soap-boiler, social reformer, MP, tribal chieftain, multi-millionaire and Lord of the Western Isles - was one of the most extraordinary men ever to leave his mark on Britain.Beliefs far ahead of their times - the welfare state, votes for women, workers' rights - jostled in his mind with ideas that were fantastically bonkers - the world's problems could be solved by moving populations from country to country, ballroom dancing could save the soul and the only healthy way to sleep was outdoors in the wind and the rain.Adam Macqueen traces Lever's footsteps from his humble Bolton boyhood to a business empire that straddled the world, visiting the homes and model towns from the Mersey to the Congo that still bear the mark - and often the name - of William Lever.It is a hilarious and touching journey that shines a spotlight on a world and a set of beliefs long gone, and asks several vital questions: where does philanthropy stop and social engineering begin Is it right for an employer to dictate how his workers spend their weekends and hire private detectives to make sure they are doing it properly Are the length of a lawn and the curve of a bannister of vital importance to the great scheme of things And why would a multi-millionaire with half a dozen homes and property on four continents chose to sleep on the roof

King Of Sunlight

Leaders & Notable People

Corgi Books

BANTAM PRESS (TWLD)

Stored in Whitehall's archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear attack to comical details of daily life in the corridors of power. Concerned notes from ministers on the subject of the Heir to the Throne's potential brainwashing by Welsh terrorists are shelved alongside worries about housemaids 'on the wobble' at Chequers. Detailed and surprising plans for royal funerals sit beside reports on suspected spies in the showbiz world and bawdy poetry about the monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar. And Mary Whitehouse's complaints about the sex education syllabus nestle next to thank-you notes from prisoner 13260/62, also known as Nelson Mandela. Adam Macqueen, author of the highly acclaimed bestseller Private Eye: The First 50 Years, has searched high and low to present us with some of the most unlikely revelations since the Official secrets act was inaugurated one hundred years ago. Not only about Mrs Thatcher's ironing board, but Ted Heath's car, Harold Macmillan's bedroom carpet, Imelda Marcos and her son Bong Bong's trip to Buckingham Palace and President Eisenhower's particular problem with Winston Churchill's trousers.

<div>When Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe hired thugs to kill his ex-lover, they botched it. What if they had succeeded? It is February 1976, and the naked corpse of a shockingly underage rent boy is fished out of a pond on Hampstead Heath. Since the police don't seem to care, 20-year-old Tommy Wildeblood--himself a former 'Dilly boy' prostitute--finds himself investigating. Dodging murderous Soho hoodlums and the agents of a more sinister power, Tommy uncovers another, even more shocking crime: the Liberal leader and likely next Home Secretary, Jeremy Thorpe, has had his former male lover executed on Exmoor and got clean away with it. Now the trail of guilt seems to lead higher still, and a ruthless Establishment will stop at nothing to cover its tracks. In a gripping thriller whose cast of real-life characters includes Prime Minister Harold Wilson, his senior adviser Lady Falkender, gay Labour peer Tom Driberg and the investigative journalist Paul Foot, Adam Macqueen plays "what if" with Seventies UK political history--with a sting in the tail that reminds us that the truth can be just as chilling as fiction.</div>

Beneath the Streets (Tommy Wildeblood)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Lightning Books

Product Description It’s 1984. Tommy Wildeblood, the hero of Beneath the Streets, has put his days as a Piccadilly rent boy and scandal-hunting sleuth behind him and is studying at the radical Polytechnic of North London. But politics isn’t ready to leave him alone. With his school convulsed by the battle against National Front infiltrators and the miners’ strike splitting the country, everyone has to pick a side. Tommy knows where his sympathies lie–and not just because revolutionary summer camps and trips to the pit villages provide an ideal excuse to spend time with handsome young Irishman, Liam. But as the pair are drawn ever deeper into a web of radical politics, Tommy is forced to face up to how little he knows about his new lover–and how far he might be willing to go in the name of revolution. The Enemy Within is a gripping thriller whose cast of real-life characters include taboo-busting artist Derek Jarman, corrupt Trotskyist leader Gerry Healy, a young Jeremy Corbyn, and major figures from Margaret Thatcher’s government. About the Author Adam Macqueen’s books include The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit. The King of Sunlight, his biography of the soap manufacturer William Hesketh Lever, was named by The Economist as one of its books of the year. He has contributed to Private Eye since 1997 and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011. He is also on the editorial team of Popbitch, and from 1999-2002 was deputy editor of The Big Issue. He lives on the South Coast with his husband, painter Michael Tierney.

The Enemy Within (2) (Tommy Wildeblood)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

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The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Other State Secrets: True Stories from the Government Archives

The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up the World

King Of Sunlight

The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up the World

The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Other State Secrets: True Stories from the Government Archives

Beneath the Streets (Tommy Wildeblood)

The Enemy Within (2) (Tommy Wildeblood)