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The Petticoat Men

By (author) Barbara Ewing
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Head of Zeus, London, United Kingdom
Published: 1st Nov 2014
Dimensions: w 145mm h 228mm d 36mm
Weight: 582g
ISBN-10: 1781859825
ISBN-13: 9781781859827
Barcode No: 9781781859827
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Synopsis
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'.

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'This spirited novel based on real Victorian events' History Revealed Magazine. 'This well researched novel is inspired' Diva Magazine. 'Ewing's enormously readable novel reconstructs this 19th-century cause celebre in vivid detail ... This is a rich, warm-hearted novel which champions ordinary human decency against the corruption of the powerful ... a moving and compelling narrative' BBC History. 'A well-told account of a scandal' Independent. 'Ewing's strange and fascinating novel zooms in on one of the greatest scandals of the Victorian age and manages to shed new light on it ... Terrific' The Times. 'This is a generous and spirited reconstruction of a 19th-century cause celebre' The Sunday Times.