{"product_id":"a-question-of-retribution-the-british-academy-and-the-matter-of-anthony-blunt-hardback-9780197266786","title":"A Question of Retribution?; The British Academy and the Matter of Anthony Blunt (Hardback) 9780197266786","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Question of Retribution?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe British Academy and the Matter of Anthony Blunt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780197266786, OUP Oxford\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 July 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e130 pages, More than 30 B\u0026amp;W Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e30.2 x 23.5 x 1.2 cm, 0.786 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThrough a unique set of documents never before published, this volume revisits the public furore when, at its Annual General Meeting forty years ago, the British Academy chose not to expel from its Fellowship the eminent art historian, Professor Anthony Blunt, who had recently been exposed as a former Soviet spy. \n\nThe facsimile documents illustrate the intensely held views of leading academics as they wrestled with the question of whether considerations of pure scholarship could remain aloof from a revelation of political treachery. Also revealed is one faction's plot to stir up a public row through the national press - a tactic that was ultimately successful in achieving Blunt's resignation from the Academy.\n\nHistorian and current President of the British Academy, David Cannadine, provides the background to the Blunt story, and portrays some of the main characters: Kenneth Dover, the President at the time who struggled to steer the Academy through the crisis; the historian J.H. Plumb, who led the vicious campaign to see Blunt expelled; and A.J.P. Taylor, who was equally determined that the Academy should be willing to 'tolerate the intolerable'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Diaries,%20letters%20\u0026amp;%20journals%20%5BBJ%5D%22\"\u003eBJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507246493976,"sku":"9780197266786","price":47.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780197266786.jpg?v=1786441343","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-question-of-retribution-the-british-academy-and-the-matter-of-anthony-blunt-hardback-9780197266786","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}