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The Dark Corners of the Past

Great Scandals of the Victorians by Debbie Blake

Public Faces, Secret Lives by Wendy L. Rouse

May 21, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Great Scandals of the Victorians: Disreputable Stories from the Royal Court to the Stage – 3.5 stars For all that Victorians had a reputation for being straitlaced, they had their fair share of scandals – and some of them ended up having major effects on contemporary society, sometimes even driving forth social changes which still affect us today. I love a good gossip session about people I’ve never met, which is why history is one of my favorite subjects. In this book, we learn about […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #history, 1800s, ARC, Debbie Blake, England, feminism, gossip, law, lgbt, NetGalley, royalty, Suffrage, United States, Wendy L. Rouse

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:69 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, 1800s, ARC, Debbie Blake, England, feminism, gossip, law, lgbt, NetGalley, royalty, Suffrage, United States, Wendy L. Rouse ·
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