The Armstrong Girl: A Child for Sale: The Battle Against the Victorian Sex Trade

by Cathy Le Feuvre

Book Overview

In November 1885 Victorian England was scandalised by a court case which lifted the veil on prostitution and the sex trade. In the Old Bailey dock was the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, which had recently published a series of articles on the sex trade; a reformed brothel keeper; and the second-in-command of The Salvation Army, Bramwell Booth. The group was accused of abducting a 13 year old girl, Eliza Armstrong. The group had set up the scheme...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745956998
• ISBN13: 9780745956992
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"