266 pp. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and facsimiles of news articles and illustrations. An account of the scandal surrounding the discovery and closure of a homosexual brothel in London's West End during the Victorian era, notable for the involvement of several high ranking noblemen. Ernest Parke, a journalist at the time, was jailed for libel after writing about the scandal, and the anti-homosexual sentiments unearthed by these events likely played a role in the arrest of Oscar Wilde on sodomy charges. The author of this work also wrote four books related to the life and works of Oscar Wilde, and lost his seat on the House of Commons for campaigning on homosexual law reform.
