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Wilde's Last Stand
โ Scribed by Philip Hoare
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Company
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 250
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
In 1918, the Vigilante newspaper claimed that the German Secret Service held a book containing the names of 47,000 British establishment members who were sexual perverts. It was claimed Britain was losing the war because the Germans were blackmailing these figures. This title narrates the history of this bizarre scandal.
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