Book description
It's the early 1960's and the Bar is dominated by white,
privileged, Oxbridge men. Underneath a profession which proudly
flaunts its integrity and traditions lies a world of hypocrisy and
ruthless self-interest. When scandal threatens, self-preservation is
the only goal and no one is indispensable. Ben Schroeder, a talented
young man from an East End Jewish family, has been accepted as a pupil
into the Chambers of Bernard Wesley QC. But Schroeder is an outsider,
not part of this privileged society, where wealth and an Oxbridge
education are essentials. He encounters prejudice, intrigue and
scandal. Kenneth Gaskell, a rising star of Wesley's Chambers has
become involved in an affair with a high-profile client and the
relationship, if known, could ruin his career, and the careers of all
those around him. But Bernard Wesley has some information Â- he knows
about a student prank that went terribly wrong Â- but can he use this
knowledge in a desperate gamble to save his Chambers and turn the
tables on his old rival, Miles Overton QC?
