The Cleveland Street Scandal
How the Victorian Establishment was Almost Brought to its Knees
2025
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-664-6 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-664-6 (ISBN)
Explore the scandalous story of the Cleveland Street Scandal and how it almost destroyed the Establishment
‘A fascinating and meticulously researched look at the biggest gay scandal to hit the headlines until Oscar Wilde. Absolutely a must-read.’ – Paul Donnelley, author of 501 Most Notorious Crimes
It’s the summer of 1889, and the royal family is in crisis.
It is well known in polite society that the Prince of Wales’s eldest son and his aristocratic acolytes are regulars at 19 Cleveland Street – a male brothel in London’s West End. Bad behaviour by the gentry is accepted, but it must stay behind closed doors; they can do what they wish, but the rule that rules all is silence. The Establishment has always closed ranks – a word here and there from powerful people will put rumours swiftly to bed.
But not this time.
Onto this stage walks Detective Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard, fresh from leading the disastrous Jack the Ripper investigation the previous year. Now the reputations of men who rule half the world are under threat from a scandal that stretches all the way to the corridors of Buckingham Palace.
‘A fascinating and meticulously researched look at the biggest gay scandal to hit the headlines until Oscar Wilde. Absolutely a must-read.’ – Paul Donnelley, author of 501 Most Notorious Crimes
It’s the summer of 1889, and the royal family is in crisis.
It is well known in polite society that the Prince of Wales’s eldest son and his aristocratic acolytes are regulars at 19 Cleveland Street – a male brothel in London’s West End. Bad behaviour by the gentry is accepted, but it must stay behind closed doors; they can do what they wish, but the rule that rules all is silence. The Establishment has always closed ranks – a word here and there from powerful people will put rumours swiftly to bed.
But not this time.
Onto this stage walks Detective Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard, fresh from leading the disastrous Jack the Ripper investigation the previous year. Now the reputations of men who rule half the world are under threat from a scandal that stretches all the way to the corridors of Buckingham Palace.
Neil Root was born in London in 1971. He is a journalist, having written features for national newspapers, magazines and websites, and a true crime historian. Two of his books have been longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction.
Title
Copyright
Contents
Prologue
Part I: No. 19 Cleveland Street
Part II: A Hush-up, Libel and Oaths on the Bible
Coda
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.05.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 20 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80399-664-1 / 1803996641 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80399-664-6 / 9781803996646 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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