Through the Keyhole (eBook)

Sex, Scandal and the Secret Life of the Country House

Susan C. Law (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6451-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Scandal existed long before celebrity gossip columns, often hidden behind the closed doors of the Georgian aristocracy. But secrets were impossible to keep in a household of servants who listened at walls and spied through keyholes. The early mass media pounced on these juicy tales of adultery, eager to cash in on the public appetite for sensation and expose the shocking moral corruption of the establishment. Drawing on a rich collection of original and often outrageous sources, this book brings vividly to life stories of infidelity in high places – passionate, scandalous, poignant and tragic. It reveals how the flood of print detailing sordid sexual intrigues created a national outcry and made people question whether the nobility was fit to rule.

Susan C. Law is a journalist and historian. Her work has been published in a wide range of newspapers and magazines, including The Times Higher Education Supplement, BBC History Magazine and London Evening Standard. Dr Law completed her PhD in History at Warwick University, and has spent many years researching the 18th and 19th century aristocracy, servants, family life and country houses.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.4.2015
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: adultery • aristocracy • Bridgerton • british aristocracy • Country House • georgian • Household • infidelity • marriage • Passion • scandal • servants • Sex • Sex Scandal and the Secret Life of the Country House • sex, scandal, country house, the secret life of the country house, georgian, aristocracy, household, servants, adultery, passion, sordid, british aristocracy, stately homes, marriage, sexual intrigues • sex, scandal, country house, the secret life of the country house, georgian, aristocracy, household, servants, adultery, passion, sordid, british aristocracy, stately homes, marriage, sexual intrigues, Sex Scandal and the Secret Life of the Country House, infidelity • sex, scandal, country house, the secret life of the country house, georgian, aristocracy, household, servants, adultery, passion, sordid, british aristocracy, stately homes, marriage, sexual intrigues, Sex Scandal and the Secret Life of the Country House, infidelity, bridgerton • sexual intrigues • sordid • stately homes • the secret life of the country house
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6451-0 / 0750964510
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6451-7 / 9780750964517