Book on Boulton & Park now published.

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A new book on 'Fanny' and 'Stella' two young men who were arrested for being dressed as women created a sensation in Victorian England. This article by the Daily Wail is reasonably sympathetic and has some photos not in the book - how do I know? I received a copy from Amazon on Thursday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2271845/Arrested-c...

Angharad

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Well, well, well.

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Wondering if Cathy will muse about this and/or tell Stella about the article and book?

    Stanman
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Very interesting

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Amazingly for the DM, even the comments were supportive (and those that weren't red arrowed to death). Several pointed out an interesting editorial error though:

But because of a very weak prosecution case ... the trial failed and the men were acquired.

Oops!

As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!

Reminded Me

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...that on StorySite, author Hebe Dotson set most of her stories in an a midwestern American suburb called Boulton Park. (I happened to look it up online because it sounded like someplace I'd driven through on vacation. The author said that no one else had commented on it.)

Eric

Thanks, Angharad. I'll get a

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Thanks, Angharad. I'll get a copy for my Kindle from Amazon.

Kris

{I leave a trail of Kudos as I browse the site. Be careful where you step!}

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