The Case of the GBP5 Virgin: The True Story of a Victorian Scandal

ISBN-13: 9780956246226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 180 str.

Gavin Weightman

Opis

In 1885, W. T. Stead published an account of a girl of thirteen being sold by her mother to a brothel where her virginity would be highly prized. The story of the GBP5 virgin was a sensation, one of the greatest scandals of the Victorian era. But soon the story began to unravel...