The Cleveland Street Scandal: How the Victorian Establishment was Almost Brought to its Knees queer From the author of Nettleblack

From the author of Nettleblack

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The Cleveland Street Scandal: How the Victorian Establishment was Almost Brought to its Knees queer From the author of NettleblackIt's the summer of 1889 in London, and the royal family is in crisis. It is well known in polite society that the Prince of Wales's eldest son and his aristocratic acolytes are regulars at 19 Cleveland Street a male brothel in London's West End. Bad behaviour by the gentry is accepted, but it must stay behind closed doors; they can do what they wish, but the rule that rules all is silence. The Establishment has always closed ranks a word here and