Blame it on the Norfolk Vicar

RRP 8.99

Plot

The lives and lusts of the Victorian clergy were mined by Trollope, George Eliot, and others for some of the great novels and short stories of the period. In Blame it on the Norfolk Vicar, the reader is introduced to real life clerics whose personal lives became - in some cases - a scandalous muddle. The dotty rector who "solicited the chastity" of a neighbour clergyman's wife, the vicar who kicked his wife and children out into a winter snowstorm, and - most shockingly - the rector who brought prostitutes home to be his servants. And more. Well-researched and delightfully written, these twelve stories will bring the reader into the vicarages and rectories (and one "lunacy asylum") of Victorian Norfolk. These reverend gentlemen were the subjects of celebrated trials and controversies that were followed fervently by readers across England. The book will appeal to avid Victorianists, those who have an interest in the old Church of England, who enjoy a tidy courtroom drama or those who simply fancy a "good scandal." Additionally, the books are rich in detail of interest to local historians. See also: the author's book Blame it on the Devon Vicar. To come: Yorkshire and Suffolk.