The Clopton Hercules

Cover for 'The Clopton Hercules'

About this book

Mr Warde, an apparently respectable Victorian country gentleman, is accused by his neighbours of seducing the local girls of the village and is brought to trial. Based on a real life trial that took place in 1847, the book explores sexual hypocrisy.

Publishers

  • Original publisher All World Languages: Faber & Faber

About the author & agent

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