Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
An extraordinary true tale of cross-dressing and gay sub-culture in 19th-century London is revealed in Neil McKenna's new book, Fanny & Stella. His dazzling account of the arrest and sensational trial of Fanny Park and Stella Boulton -- scandalously revealed to be two young men -- is a meticulous evocation of the underbelly of Victorian society with a cast of peers, politicians and prostitutes, drag queens, doctors and detectives.
Neil McKenna takes us into this fascinating secret world as he talks about his latest work, which returns to the period he mined so brilliantly in his acclaimed The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde.
Venue & Booking Venue
The Bluecoat
Date Wed 6th November 2013
Time 6pm
Tickets £6/£5 concsBook Tickets
homotopia.net
An extraordinary true tale of cross-dressing and gay sub-culture in 19th-century London is revealed in Neil McKenna's new book, Fanny & Stella. His dazzling account of the arrest and sensational trial of Fanny Park and Stella Boulton -- scandalously revealed to be two young men -- is a meticulous evocation of the underbelly of Victorian society with a cast of peers, politicians and prostitutes, drag queens, doctors and detectives.
Neil McKenna takes us into this fascinating secret world as he talks about his latest work, which returns to the period he mined so brilliantly in his acclaimed The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde.
Venue & Booking Venue
The Bluecoat
Date Wed 6th November 2013
Time 6pm
Tickets £6/£5 concsBook Tickets
homotopia.net
