Postal Pleasures: Sex, Scandal, and Victorian Letters

by Kate Thomas

In 1889 uniformed post-boys were discovered moonlighting in a West End brothel frequented by men of the upper classes. "The Cleveland Street Scandal" erupted and Victorian Britain faced the possibility that the Post Office-a bureaucratic backbone of nation and empire-was inspiring and servicing subversive sexual behavior. However, the unlikely alliance between sex and the postal service was not exactly the news the sensational press made it out to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199731160
• ISBN13: 9780199731169
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"