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Victor Grayson : in search of Britain's lost revolutionary

Taylor, Harry2021
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Steeped in conspiracy, scandal and socialism - the disappearance of radical icon Victor Grayson is a puzzle that's never been solved. A firebrand and Labour politician who rose to prominence in the early twentieth century, Grayson was idolised by hundreds of thousands of Britons but despised by the establishment. After a tumultuous life, he walked out of his London apartment in September 1920 and was never seen again. After a century, new documents have come to light. Fragments of an unpublished autobiography, letters to his lovers (both men and women), leading political and literary figures including H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, and testimonies from members of the Labour elite such as Clement Attlee have revealed the real Victor Grayson.
Main title:
Victor Grayson : in search of Britain's lost revolutionary / Harry Taylor ; foreword by Jeremy Corbyn.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Pluto Press, 2021.
Collation:
xi, 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780745343983 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.0823092941.082309GRA941.082
Language:
English
BRN:
3151327
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