The Novotny Papers: 'A bit Vulture, A bit Eagle'

During the 1960s, Mariella Novotny was an underage prostitute who had relationships with President John F. Kennedy and was involved in the Profumo Affair. She also gave birth to the illegitimate child of Eddie Chapman, England's most successful wartime double agent. In the late 1970s, she worked undercover for Operation Countryman, investigating police corruption in the Flying Squad. She was found dead in 1983 with her face in a bowl of milk pudding, and her memoirs were believed to be written by the CIA.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 15 July 2022
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

{EMAIL}>In 1961, Mariella Novotny was an underage prostitute who engaged in sexual relationships with President John F. Kennedy, the most powerful man in the world. She was believed to be part of a vice ring set up by an alleged Communist agent who was also a well-known British film producer. The FBI's investigation into this matter was known as "The Bow-Tie Case." Two years later, the young woman played a significant role in another sex scandal with implications for national security: the Profumo Affair. Mariella was the hostess of the Man in the Mask party. She was a close friend of Stephen Ward, an osteopath and pander to high society, another putative whistle-blower who died in suspicious circumstances. In the late 1960s, she gave birth to the illegitimate child of Eddie Chapman (Agent Zigzag), England's most successful wartime double agent. Between 1975 and 1978, she worked undercover for Operation Countryman, an investigation into police corruption in the Flying Squad. Her chief target was the author's grandfather, Charlie Taylor, a London conman who had high-ranking officers in his deep pockets. Mariella brought them all down. Mariella was found dead with her face in a bowl of milk pudding in February 1983. She was in the process of writing her memoirs, which she described as "Its dynamite!" Christine Keeler, another woman involved in the scandal, said, "I think it was murder... most probably by the CIA." In her own words, "This is a life that is bigger than the woman who led it. She embodies the emergence of a radical sexual politics."

Weight: 199g
Dimension: 198 x 129 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398112407