Petticoat Men

The Victorian gossipmongers called them The Petticoat Men. But to young Mattie Stacey they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. She doesn't care that they dress up in sparkling gowns to attend society balls as 'Fanny and Stella'. She only cares that they are kind to her, make her laugh, and pay their rent on time.
Then one fateful night, Fanny and Stella are arrested, and Mattie - outraged but staunch - is dragged into a shocking court trial, hailed in newspapers all over England as 'The Scandal of the Century'.

About the author

Barbara Ewing, geboren 1944, ist eine neuseeländische Schauspielerin und Romanautorin. Sie studierte bis 1965 Schauspiel an der RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London.

Summary

A captivating historical novel which uncovers sensational new information about a scandalous court case which rocked Victorian England.

Additional text

This spirited novel based on real Victorian events' History Revealed Magazine.

Report

'This is a generous and spirited reconstruction of a 19th-century cause célèbre' The Sunday Times

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Ewing, Ewing Barbara
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2015
• EAN: 9781781859834
• ISBN: 978-1-78185-983-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; FICTION / Historical / General, Fiction