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Scandal, struggle and political resistance — a true story from the aftermath of the Enlightenment period. Christopher Clark retells the cult scandal that sent shockwaves across nineteenth-century Prussia and sparked a movement for sexual freedom and liberation.
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (London)
As told by one of our greatest historians, the story of the scandal that took down two Lutheran preachers in the heart of nineteenth-century Prussia—a chamber piece of cultish esotericism, pseudoscience, and political resistance that conjures up Europe at the end of the age of reason and presages our current age of misinformation
In 1835, Johannes Ebel and Georg Heinrich Diestel were tried for having started a cult. Worse: It was a cult that...
As told by one of our greatest historians, the story of the scandal that took down two Lutheran preachers in the heart of nineteenth-century Prussia—a chamber piece of cultish esotericism, pseudoscience, and political resistance that conjures up Europe at the end of the age of reason and presages our current age of misinformation
In 1835, Johannes Ebel and Georg Heinrich Diestel were tried for having started a cult. Worse: It was a cult that...
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A Scandal in Königsberg: A Guest Post by Christopher Clark
Scandal, struggle and political resistance — a true story from the aftermath of the Enlightenment period. Christopher Clark retells the cult scandal that sent shockwaves across nineteenth-century Prussia and sparked a movement for sexual freedom and liberation. Read on for an exclusive essay from Chris on writing A Scandal in Königsberg. Between 1835 and 1842, […]
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