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Eden. During the Suez crisis of 1956, was the British Prime Minister Sir
Anthony Eden taking a cocktail of drugs to help him stay alert and assist him to sleep? Professor Roy Porter canvasses various views of historians, doctors and Eden's widow, Lady Avon.
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Anthony Eden
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Professor Roy Porter
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