Tangled Souls: Love and Scandal Among the Victorian Aristocracy

‘With painstaking skill, Dismore lays bare the double standards of the Souls - a brilliant group who thought themselves superior, in morals and intellect, to the rest of their class.’ – Artemis Cooper

‘Harry Cust has long needed to emerge from the shadows. A rich tapestry unfolds.’ – Hugo Vickers

Outrageously handsome, witty and clever, Harry Cust was reputed to be one of the great womanisers of the late Victorian era. In 1893, while a Member of Parliament, he caused public scandal by his aff...