Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts

Tom Zaniello, a former professor of literature and film studies, has organized film festivals on labor and working-class culture as well as on Hitchcock in Washington, D.C., Liverpool, and London. He has published numerous essays and books on topics in film studies, literature, and popular culture. He lives in Washington, D.C.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePart I—A Crisis of Victorian Culture1. The Specter2. Outside the Law3. The Court of Lost Causes4. The Family Tree and Genealogical Puzzles5. The Victorian Intellectual Aristocracy6. Architects on the DefensivePart II—Ten Scandalous Court Cases7. The ­Ex-Priest and the Nun Who Was His Former Wife: Connelly v. Connelly, 1849–18518. The Defrocked Dominican Priest and the Future Cardinal Whose Brothers Were Atheists: Regina v. J.H. Newman, 1851–539. The Royal ­By-Blow, the Wandering Statue, and the Religiously Divided Church: FitzClarence v. Blount, 1851–185210. The Medieval Architectural Folly, the Tenth Cousin, and the Earl Who Was a Jesuit: Talbot v. Earl of Shrewsbury, 1857–186711. The Convent Scandal, Fatty Mutton, and the Goosebury Fool: Saurin v. Star and Kennedy, 186912. The ­Twenty-Six-Stone Claimant and the Invisible Stonyhurst College Quadrangle: Tichborne v. Lushington, 1872–1873, and Regina v. Tom Castro, 1873–187413. The Catholic Lord and the Protestant Vicar in the Valley of Martyrs and Queens: The Duke of Norfolk v. Arbuthnot, 187914. The Archbishop and the Jesuit College Building Fund: Eyre-Eyre v. Eyre, 188315. The Lord Chief Justice and His ­Anti-Vivisectionist Son-in-Law: Adams v. Coleridge, 1885–188616. The Deathbed Letter and the Secret Codicil of the Perfidious Jesuit: Jerningham v. Caddell, 1888Part III—The Unbuilt Victorian Church17. Divided Churches, Divided SoulsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Gives a rare glimpse into the controversies, large and small, that made their way into the courtrooms of 19th century Britain and the intriguing, nefarious and sometimes hapless characters who were caught up in them.”—Capitol Hill