From Gems Press
by Charles Kingston
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Before reality television and tabloids, there were the English courts—and the sensational stories that played out within them.
Originally published in 1922, Society Sensations collects 16 real-life cases of passion, betrayal, and high drama drawn from the English courts. Spanning the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, these true tales reveal the private indiscretions of public figures: secret marriages, scandalous affairs, and courtroom confessions that captivated Victorian and Edwardian society.
Told with journalistic flair and sly wit, these accounts document not just the romantic entanglements of the upper class, but the shifting social norms and legal battles that defined a changing era.
This new edition restores the original text in a clear, correct, format digitized and re-typeset. Previously, this book was available only as a collection of photographs of the original pages from 1870, and now it’s once again a real book.
Society Sensations is a rare glimpse into the lives—and love lives—of the British elite, told through the lens of the courts that judged them.
