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Gavin Esler. A Scandalous Man
A Scandalous Man
Contents
London, Spring 2005
London, 1982
London, Spring 2005
Pimlico, London, 1987
London, Spring 2005
Middleburg, Virginia, 1982
London, 1982
Hampstead, London, Spring 2005
Pimlico, London, 1987
Muslim College, Acton, West London
Leila and Robin, 1982 – 1987
Her Majesty’s Treasury, Autumn 1983
HM Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1983
Regent’s Park, London
Hampstead, London, April 2005
Arabic for Beginners, April, 2005
The Visitor, April 2005
Queen Margaret’s Hospital, Gloucester
London, May 1987
Gloucester, April 2005
London, May 1987
Gloucester, April 2005
Hampstead, April 2005
London, Autumn and Winter, 1987-88
Hampstead, Spring 2005
Hampstead and Tetbury, April 2005
5 May 2005, Election Day
England, Various Locations
London, 7 July 2005
London
Robin Burnett’s Story
The Whisperer
Author Note
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
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This book is dedicated to my friends from Iran, Turkey and the Arab world, India and Pakistan, whose friendship and love inspires me.
Can make a stone of the heart.
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There were two locks. Harry twisted the keys and eventually managed to get the door open. A yellowish glow from the sun was falling on the windows. They faced out towards the heath. Harry took a deep breath and walked quickly around. It was bigger than he had imagined. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, three reception rooms, a hall and an enormous modern kitchen, granite and sherry-coloured wood with German appliances. Harry stood for a moment gazing in wonderment. He did not know much about property prices, but the apartment would be worth at least two million pounds, probably more. Three million. Hampstead prices. And it did not look like anything his father would ever buy.
Besides, how could he afford it? Robin Burnett had not earned anything, as far as Harry knew, since the scandal broke. He had resigned immediately from the government and quit as an MP. He had no job. He had written no memoirs. There was no deal with the press. No income. Despite the offers from the newspapers, from Stephen Lovelace and the others – or perhaps because of them – Harry’s father had defiantly refused to write his side of the story. No kiss, no tell, for almost twenty years. Or at least, not by him. The only quote Robin Burnett was known to have given on the scandal was typically opaque. He was challenged by a TV crew on the doorstep of his Pimlico house as he left it for the last time.
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