John Beckett was a rising political star. Elected as Labour's youngest M.P. in 1924, he was constantly in the news and tipped for greatness.

But ten years later he was propaganda chief for Mosley s fascists, and one of Britain s three best known anti-Semites.

Yet his mother, whom he loved, was a Jew. Her ancestors were Solomons, Isaacs and Jacobsons, originally from Prussia.

He successfully hid his Jewish ancestry all his life he said his mother s family were "fisher folk from the east coast." His son, the author of this book, acclaimed political biographer and...

John Beckett was a rising political star. Elected as Labour's youngest M.P. in 1924, he was constantly in the news and tipped for greatness.

But ten years later he was propaganda chief for Mosley s fascists, and one of Britain s three best known anti-Semites.

Yet his mother, whom he loved, was a Jew. Her ancestors were Solomons, Isaacs and Jacobsons, originally from Prussia.

He successfully hid his Jewish ancestry all his life he said his mother s family were "fisher folk from the east coast." His son, the author of this book, acclaimed political biographer and...