description: Mr Warde, an apparently respectable Victorian country gentleman, is accused by his neighbours of seducing the local girls of the village and is brought to trial. Based on a real life trial that took place in 1847, the book explores sexual hypocrisy.
language: English
title: The Clopton Hercules
titlecomplete: The Clopton Hercules
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd