Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy

Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy

by Julian Hayes
Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy

Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy

by Julian Hayes

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Overview

The true story behind the 2023 ITV series, STONEHOUSE, starring Matthew Macfayden and Keeley Hawes.

'An extraordinary life . . . a vivid account' Telegraph

'Completely absorbing' CAROL ANN LEE, author of The Murders at White House Farm and A Passion For Poison

'I literally consumed the book in just a few hungry sittings . . . most definitely a must read' DR SALEYHA AHSAN, filmmaker and journalist, Cambridge

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472146540
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date: 03/01/2022
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 6.37(w) x 1.12(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

JULIAN HAYES is a criminal and child-care lawyer with his firm, Berris Law, in London. He has undertaken many of the most high-profile and serious cases seen in the criminal courts of the last twenty years, most notably the 'Ricin Case' terrorist trial in 2005, the Graff jewellery robbery and most recently the Vietnamese lorry deaths case.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 New Beginnings? 3

2 Kolon 6

3 Czech Mate 16

4 Florian 31

5 Twister 37

6 Spring in the Air 53

7 Baco 62

8 Spy? 71

9 A New Business 76

10 Bangladesh 83

11 The Troubles 88

12 The Jackal 97

13 Farewells 106

14 Death of an Idealist 114

15 Enemies 119

16 Man Hunt 123

17 The Odyssey 127

18 The Bolthole 133

19 Revelations 138

20 The Arrest 142

21 The Pantomime 149

22 Captive 157

23 Liquidation 164

24 Release 167

25 Knives Are Sharpened 171

26 Cat and Mouse 177

27 An Inspector Calls 190

28 The Long Arm of the Law 204

29 End of the Affair? 210

30 Extradition 214

31 Bow Street 223

32 Her Majesty's Pleasure 229

33 Business as Usual 237

34 Committal Proceedings 241

35 The Beauty Parade 255

36 The Trial 260

37 Application to Adjourn 264

38 The Crown's Case 269

39 The Opening Salvos 277

40 Relative Values 283

41 Long, Hot Summer 292

42 Liquidation and Insurance 299

43 The Mysterious Mr Markham 303

44 To the Cells 309

45 Tapes 314

46 The Defence 319

47 The Three Faces 326

48 The Verdict and Aftermath 340

49 Final Frolik 350

50 The Funeral 356

Epilogue 359

Acknowledgements 362

Index 365

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