{"product_id":"agent-twister","title":"Agent Twister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe lived a double-life in the sixties.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaked his own death in the seventies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd retained his cover in the eighties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A case more important than Profumo' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A riveting read' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA period thriller with powerful political and espionage themes, \u003ci\u003eAgent Twister\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable story behind one of the greatest scandals of the 1970s, told in full for the first time. If you think you know the true story of John Stonehouse – think again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s November 1974 and John Stonehouse MP, once a star in Harold Wilson’s Labour government, is missing in Miami, presumed drowned. His disappearance exposes the most lurid details of his life, including identity fraud, corporate corruption, a love triangle, blackmail, links with the Mafia and a decade-long \u003cb\u003ecareer as a Soviet spy\u003c\/b\u003e. The public are gripped by this story, happy to forget the strikes, IRA bombs and rising prices that are making daily life a misery. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e On Christmas Eve, Stonehouse is tracked down in Melbourne, Australia, \u003cb\u003ewhere he is suspected of being that other missing Englishman, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLord Lucan\u003c\/b\u003e. The comic absurdity of the story is offset by claims of a mental breakdown and a refusal to resign as an MP, even when he is extradited back to the UK and up on charges at the Old Bailey. For the first time, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgent Twister\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the corporate crimes at the heart of Stonehouse’s business empire\u003c\/b\u003e, the true extent of his ten-year collusion with powerful Soviet proxies and the political consequences of his antics. It’s a \u003cb\u003escandal\u003c\/b\u003e greater than \u003cb\u003eProfumo\u003c\/b\u003e that lay buried for thirty years, with three prime ministers – Wilson, Callaghan and Thatcher – \u003cb\u003ecovering it up\u003c\/b\u003e for very different reasons.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten by the makers of the Channel Four documentary\u003ci\u003e The Spy Who Died Twice, Agent Twister\u003c\/i\u003e is the first impartial account to put this extraordinary scandal in political context and reveal why John Stonehouse really disappeared.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315230089598,"sku":"NW9781398505407","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781398505407.jpg?v=1778694327","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/agent-twister","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}