PRINCE EDDY And The Homosexual Underworld

Hardback, 1st UK edn. This first full study of Prince Eddy, eldest son of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), is set against the vivid backcloth of the astonishingly active homosexual underworld of late Victorian London with which he was closely linked. Here is both an intriguing biography and a look at an aspect of London rarely revealed. Working from original sources (including the files of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Esher Papers), the author sets Prince Eddy's life in perspective during the last decades of Queen Victoria's reign. He explores Prince Eddy's upbringing, his university and military careers, his curious personality, his alleged 'secret marriage', his links with Jack the Ripper murders (substantial coverage), his early death and, above all, the central mystery of his life - his sexual orientation. For it was this that linked the young Prince's name to the Cleveland Street Scandal, the notorious homosexual brothel case in 1889. Illus., Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 246pp. 8vo. h/back. V. lightly foxed top edge o/w Nr. F. in F. protected dw.