Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts

Download or read book Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts written by Tom Zaniello and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronicle of ten controversial mid-Victorian trials features brother versus brother, aristocrats fighting commoners, an imposter to a family's fortune, and an ex-priest suing his ex-wife, a nun. Most of these trials--never before analyzed in depth--assailed a culture that frowned upon public displays of bad taste, revealing fault lines in what is traditionally seen as a moral and regimented society. The author examines religious scandals, embarrassments about shaky family trees, and even arguments about which architecture is most likely to convert people from one faith to another.