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Christine Keeler's name is as synonymous with the Sixties sexual revolution as the Pill. Having found fame and success as a model - the portrait of her astride a chair is iconic - her short affair with the Minister of War, John Profumo, led to the downfall of Harold Macmillan's government and was at the epicentre of the social and political earthquake that followed. She was the subject of scandal, intrigue and gossip and was tried for perjury and briefly jailed following the death of Stephen Ward, who had introduced her to Profumo. Now that those directly involved are no longer alive, Christine is finally able to tell the full story of that extraordinary time. This is the life's journey of a woman whom history has refused to let go, who can never escape being Christine Keeler. She remains a headline and will do so for ever. It is the fascinating and shocking story of her enormous personal sacrifice, her unstinting resolve and her triumphant survival, set against a backdrop of political turmoil and Cold War espionage. This story Christine Keeler has finally found herself brave enough to tell will shatter all preconceptions and has the power to rewrite history.
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Christine Keeler was a successful model and now writes and broadcasts. Tried for perjury following the death of Stephen Ward and briefly jailed, the story of her early life was adapted as the film Scandal. The truth is far more interesting and intriguing. She has written this book with the author Douglas Thompson. Douglas Thompson is the author of fifteen books. A biographer, broadcaster and international journalist, he is a regular contributor to major newspapers andmagazines worldwide. his books, published in a dozen language, include the television-linked anthology Hollywood People and bestselling biographies of Madonna, Clint Eastwood, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dudley Moore, John Travolta and Leonardo DiCaprio. He lives with his wife and daughter in a farmhouse near Cambridge and commutes regularly to California.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I ordered this book some time ago and was excited when it arrived on the day of publication (Well done Amazon)...
Unfortunately, barely fifty pages in and am I reading paragraphs which are word for word the same as those in The Truth at Last: My Story which was published over ten years ago.
As a result, not sure the book warrants or deserves further comment.
Unfortunately, barely fifty pages in and am I reading paragraphs which are word for word the same as those in The Truth at Last: My Story which was published over ten years ago.
As a result, not sure the book warrants or deserves further comment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Secrets and Lies, the new memoir by Christine Keeler and co-writer Douglas Thompson, is essentially a reissue of her 2001 book, Christine Keeler: The Truth at Last. Apart from a new preface and postscript, and some different photos, the content is mostly the same as before.
John Profumo - the government minister with whom Keeler had an affair as a teenager - died in 2006. Next year will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the political scandal, and its reverberations on British society can still be felt today.
Writing for The Guardian recently, Roy Greenslade described Keeler as `the first kiss and tell'. It's a dubious claim to fame, and Keeler's own view is rather more ambivalent. `You are deluding yourself if you think you can build a career from scandal,' she reflects. `All that follows scandal is more scandal...'
While Profumo was eventually forgiven for his transgressions, Keeler has been alternately patronised and ridiculed - but her memories are still compelling, a cautionary tale for those who play with power.
John Profumo - the government minister with whom Keeler had an affair as a teenager - died in 2006. Next year will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the political scandal, and its reverberations on British society can still be felt today.
Writing for The Guardian recently, Roy Greenslade described Keeler as `the first kiss and tell'. It's a dubious claim to fame, and Keeler's own view is rather more ambivalent. `You are deluding yourself if you think you can build a career from scandal,' she reflects. `All that follows scandal is more scandal...'
While Profumo was eventually forgiven for his transgressions, Keeler has been alternately patronised and ridiculed - but her memories are still compelling, a cautionary tale for those who play with power.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is simply a re-hash of her 2002 tome 'The Truth At Last'. I think she is just trying to generate income, bearing in mind all the other protagonists are now dead, she can more or less claim anything she wants in order to sell her book. Waste of time and money.
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Ok if you haven't read about her before
I wouldn't recommend this book. It is interesting if you haven't read about her before. I felt it was written in rather a childlike way.
Published 1 month ago by J. Healing
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QA Good "journalistic" read confirming the fact that she was not just a silly little girl and easily led
although only a teenager, I suspect she was always worldly-wise, A... Read more
although only a teenager, I suspect she was always worldly-wise, A... Read more
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