num_pages: 130
description: Why was homosexuality made illegal in the UK in the summer of 1885 so suddenly and unexpectedly  leading to the persecution of tens of thousands over the next eight decades? This book looks at the strange story behind that decision and the furore that tore apart Irish society the previous year  and retraces the journey of the authors ancestor who fled from arrest at the height of the affair. But even in London he wasnt safe escaping a second time ten years later in a moment of fear that was unprecedented in modern British history that swept though the gay community. This is a ground-breaking book part history part detective story that looks back at the moment society turned on homosexuality with such venom and why it happened.
language: English
title: Scandal: How Homosexuality Became a Crime
publisher: The Real Press