A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain

BBC Four

Documentary History
29 min     0     2019     United Kingdom

Overview

Dr Fern Riddell is a young historian and author who goes back to the archives to challenge more traditional historical views of Victorian society. Her investigation into a sensational Victorian high court trial, which took place in 1877, sheds new light on the ‘no sex please, we are British’ cliché often associated with Victorian England.

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