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Great Scandals of the Victorians

- Disreputable Stories from the Royal Court to the Stage
Af: Debbie Blake Engelsk Hardback

Great Scandals of the Victorians

- Disreputable Stories from the Royal Court to the Stage
Af: Debbie Blake Engelsk Hardback
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Great Scandals of the Victorians features a collection of true stories that shocked, outraged, angered or simply amused the Victorians in nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on a wide variety of original material, seven disreputable stories that dominated the national newspapers for many weeks are explored, including the Great Warwickshire Scandal, a highly publicized divorce case where for the first time in history a Prince of Wales was called to give evidence in court; a ‘baby’ scandal that disrupted Queen Victoria’s court and threatened the monarchy; the sex scandals of the Abode of Love, a mysterious religious cult founded by a defrocked clergyman, Henry James Prince and the sensational trial of Fanny and Stella, two outrageous cross-dressers accused of sodomy. Some scandals, though traumatic for the people involved, produced a positive outcome, such as the scandalous custody battle between Caroline Norton and her husband, which led to the passing of the Custody of Infants Act, granting mothers custody of their children following a divorce, and the case of 13-year-old Eliza Armstrong, sold to a brothel keeper for £5, which caused a major scandal and public outrage, but also led to a change in the law, raising the age of consent from 13 to 16 years.
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Great Scandals of the Victorians features a collection of true stories that shocked, outraged, angered or simply amused the Victorians in nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on a wide variety of original material, seven disreputable stories that dominated the national newspapers for many weeks are explored, including the Great Warwickshire Scandal, a highly publicized divorce case where for the first time in history a Prince of Wales was called to give evidence in court; a ‘baby’ scandal that disrupted Queen Victoria’s court and threatened the monarchy; the sex scandals of the Abode of Love, a mysterious religious cult founded by a defrocked clergyman, Henry James Prince and the sensational trial of Fanny and Stella, two outrageous cross-dressers accused of sodomy. Some scandals, though traumatic for the people involved, produced a positive outcome, such as the scandalous custody battle between Caroline Norton and her husband, which led to the passing of the Custody of Infants Act, granting mothers custody of their children following a divorce, and the case of 13-year-old Eliza Armstrong, sold to a brothel keeper for £5, which caused a major scandal and public outrage, but also led to a change in the law, raising the age of consent from 13 to 16 years.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781399091602
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1399091603
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 23 maj 2024
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 165mm
Højde: 240mm
Forlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 23 maj 2024
Forfatter(e): Debbie Blake
Forfatter(e) Debbie Blake

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9781399091602

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 23mm

Bredde 165mm

Højde 240mm

Udg. Dato 23 maj 2024

Oplagsdato 23 maj 2024

Forlag Pen & Sword Books Ltd