Agent Twister

<P><B>He lived a double-life in the sixties</B><BR/><B>Faked his own death in the seventies</B><BR/><B>And retained his cover in the eighties </B><BR/> <BR/><B>A period thriller with powerful political and espionage themes, <I>Agent Twister</I> 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.</B><BR/><BR/>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 <B>career as a Soviet spy</B>. The public are gripped by this story, happy to forget the strikes, IRA bombs and rising prices that are making daily life a misery. <BR/> <BR/>On Christmas Eve, Stonehouse is tracked down in Melbourne, Australia, where he is suspected of being that other missing Englishman, <B>Lord Lucan</B>. 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, <I>Agent Twister</I> reveals the corporate crimes at the heart of Stonehouse’s business empire, the true extent of his ten-year collusion with powerful Soviet proxies and the political consequences of his antics. It’s a <B>scandal</B> greater than <B>Profumo</B> that lay buried for thirty years, with three prime ministers – Wilson, Callaghan and Thatcher – <B>covering it up</B> for very different reasons.<BR/> <BR/><B>Written by the makers of the Channel Four documentary<I> The Spy Who Died Twice, Agent Twister</I> is the first impartial account to put this extraordinary scandal in political context and reveal why John Stonehouse really disappeared.</B></P>