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'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.'
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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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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Epigraph
- 1: Leading Ladies
- 2: The Hapless Swain
- 3: The Slap-Bum Polka
- 4: In the Dock
- 5: Foreign Bodies
- 6: Wives and Daughters
- 7: Becoming Fanny
- 8: A Tale of Two Sisters
- 9: Monstrous Erections
- 10: A Dirty Business
- 11: Getting Up Evidence
- 12: A Victorian Romance
- 13: Lord Arthurās Wife
- 14: The Toast of the Town
- 15: āYr Affectionate Fannyā
- 16: The Dragon of Davies Street
- 17: āCome Loveā
- 18: Un Souvenir dāAmour
- 19: The Battle of the Bottoms
- 20: He, She or It
- 21: A Bitchesā Ball
- 22: The Wheels of Justice
- 23: Dead or Disappeared
- 24: This Slippery Sod
- 25: āPestiferous and Pestilentialā
- 26: The Ship of State
- 27: The Most Sensational Event
- 28: A Rout
- 29: āThis Terrible Drama of Viceā
- 30: Clouds and Sunshine
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Plates
- About the Author
- Copyright