Recherché is perhaps the most apposite word to describe this intimate study of the sensational accusations of sexual incontinence, professional rivalries and betrayals of trust in the sleepy East Prussian capital in the 1840’s. The result of many years of fascination with this strange case, the author draws you into the vortex of turbulence that would alarm the Prussian authorities for whom it represented the sort of moral collapse that they feared most. Curiously intriguing!
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 119 Winter 2026 ) |
