Victor Grayson

In Search of Britain's Lost Revolutionary

By:

Harry Taylor

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Revolutionary Lives

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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 Fragments of an unpublished autobiography, letters to his lovers (both men and women), leading political and literary figures including H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, and testimonies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. New research has uncovered the true events leading up to his disappearance and suggests that he was actually blackmailed by his former Party. In a time when homosexuality was illegal, and socialism an international threat to capitalism, Grayson was a clear target for those wanting to stamp out dissent. This extraordinary biography reinstates to history a man who laid the foundations for a whole generation of militant socialists in Britain.

Author Biography:

Harry Taylor is a former Labour councillor who now works as a political director. He is the co-author of Peter Shore: Labour's Forgotten Patriot (Biteback, 2020). Jeremy Corbyn is a socialist MP, who led the British Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. A lifelong peace activist, he is currently the Director of the Peace and Justice Project.

Release date Australia

August 20th, 2021

Author

Harry Taylor

Series

Revolutionary Lives

Contributor

Foreword by Jeremy Corbyn

Pages

288

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

16 Plates, black and white

ISBN-13

9780745343983

Product ID

34792347

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