The Novotny Papers

'A bit Vulture, A bit Eagle'

Lilian Pizzichini

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Amberley Publishing
15 May 2021

Memoirs; Politics & government

It is almost impossible to summarise the extraordinary life of Mariella Novotny in a few paragraphs. In 1961 she was an underage hooker engaging in sexual relations 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. FBI officers called their investigation 'The Bow-Tie Case'. Two years later the young 'Monroe lookalike' played a major part 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, the osteopath and pander to high society, another putative whistle-blower who died in suspicious circumstances. In the late 1960s, she gave birth to Agent Zigzag's illegitimate child. Eddie Chapman was England's most successful wartime double agent. Between 1975 and 1978 she was working 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 in her bed in February 1983. She was in the process of writing her memoirs - in her own words, 'It's dynamite!' Christine Keeler said, 'I think it was murder ... most probably by the CIA.' In the author's own words, 'This is a life that is bigger than the woman who led it. She embodies the emergence of a radical sexual politics.'

By: Lilian Pizzichini
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 579g
ISBN: 9781445697505
ISBN 10: 1445697505
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Lilian Pizzichini's first book won the CWA Gold Dagger for non-fiction, the story of her criminal grandfather and the London underworld. Her biography of Jean Rhys was a Radio 4 book of the week and was shortlisted for the Washington Arts prize in the US. Her last book was a Spectator book of the year. She has been researching the life of Mariella Novotny for more than a decade.