Author: EWING, BARBARA
Title: The Petticoat Men
Description: London: Head of Zeus, 2015. Paperback. ISBN: 1781859833. 474 pages; Soft cover has black spine with tan lettering. The Victorian gossipmongers called them The Petticoat Men. But to young widow Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. It is Mattie who admires their sparkling gowns, makes their extravagant hats and laughs at their stories of attending society balls dressed up as the glamorous 'Fanny' and 'Stella'. But one fateful night Fanny and Stella are arrested, and Mattie and her family are dragged into a shocking court trial, described in newspapers all over England as 'The Scandal of the Century'. Outraged, Mattie is determined to save her family from ruin, and her friends from shame and penury. She embarks on a brave journey to expose the establishment's hypocrisy - including the involvement of Mr Gladstone the Prime Minister, and the Prince of Wales. For Fanny and Stella are dangerous ladies, and these are dangerous times ... New .

Keywords: 1781859833 Historical Fiction; London; Victorian Age; 19th Century England; Homosexuality; Sexuality; Scandals; Gender Roles; Historical Fiction Fiction Cultural History English/British History Sexuality/Erotica