Fanny and Stella
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Fanny and Stella

The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England

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eBook - ePub

Fanny and Stella

The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England

About this book

'Uproarious.' The Times

'Terrifically entertaining.' Evening Standard

'Irresistible.' Daily Mail

'Gripping.' Sunday Telegraph

'A scintillating gem: a cracking page-turner, historically illuminating, culturally fascinating, and a book which effortlessly passes comment on today.' Herald

London, April 1870: Fanny and Stella were no ordinary Victorian women. They were young men who liked to dress as women: Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton. Stella was the most beautiful female impersonator of her day, Fanny her inseparable companion.

But the Metropolitan Police were plotting their downfall. Fanny and Stella were arrested and subjected to a sensational trial where every lascivious detail of their lives was lapped up by the public.

With a cast of peers and politicians, detectives and drag queens, Fanny and Stella is a dazzling and enthralling story of cross examinations, cross-dressing and the the birth of camp.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780571288502
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Plates
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Epigraph
  7. 1: Leading Ladies
  8. 2: The Hapless Swain
  9. 3: The Slap-Bum Polka
  10. 4: In the Dock
  11. 5: Foreign Bodies
  12. 6: Wives and Daughters
  13. 7: Becoming Fanny
  14. 8: A Tale of Two Sisters
  15. 9: Monstrous Erections
  16. 10: A Dirty Business
  17. 11: Getting Up Evidence
  18. 12: A Victorian Romance
  19. 13: Lord Arthur’s Wife
  20. 14: The Toast of the Town
  21. 15: ā€˜Yr Affectionate Fanny’
  22. 16: The Dragon of Davies Street
  23. 17: ā€˜Come Love’
  24. 18: Un Souvenir d’Amour
  25. 19: The Battle of the Bottoms
  26. 20: He, She or It
  27. 21: A Bitches’ Ball
  28. 22: The Wheels of Justice
  29. 23: Dead or Disappeared
  30. 24: This Slippery Sod
  31. 25: ā€˜Pestiferous and Pestilential’
  32. 26: The Ship of State
  33. 27: The Most Sensational Event
  34. 28: A Rout
  35. 29: ā€˜This Terrible Drama of Vice’
  36. 30: Clouds and Sunshine
  37. Epilogue
  38. Notes
  39. Index
  40. Plates
  41. About the Author
  42. Copyright