The Cleveland Street Affair
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor damage to edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact.
A gripping work of investigative non-fiction, The Cleveland Street Affair chronicles one of Victorian England's most scandalous cover-ups — the 1889 male brothel scandal that threatened to implicate members of the British aristocracy and even royalty itself. Written by three seasoned journalists, the book reconstructs the hushed-up police investigation, the suppression of evidence, and the web of privilege that shielded the powerful from prosecution. With the precision of investigative reporters and the narrative drive of a thriller, the authors uncover how establishment figures conspired to bury the truth while working-class telegraph boys faced the full brunt of the law. A damning portrait of class, hypocrisy, and the machinery of scandal in late Victorian Britain, it remains an essential account of justice denied.
Author: Colin Simpson, Lewis Chester & David Leitch
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Little, Brown & Co
Genre: True crime
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor damage to edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact.
A gripping work of investigative non-fiction, The Cleveland Street Affair chronicles one of Victorian England's most scandalous cover-ups — the 1889 male brothel scandal that threatened to implicate members of the British aristocracy and even royalty itself. Written by three seasoned journalists, the book reconstructs the hushed-up police investigation, the suppression of evidence, and the web of privilege that shielded the powerful from prosecution. With the precision of investigative reporters and the narrative drive of a thriller, the authors uncover how establishment figures conspired to bury the truth while working-class telegraph boys faced the full brunt of the law. A damning portrait of class, hypocrisy, and the machinery of scandal in late Victorian Britain, it remains an essential account of justice denied.