Rogues Gallery Uncovered

Dead Exciting - George Selwyn 1757

June 26, 2024·18 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

A necrophiliac in Paris! Join 18th-century England's most deviant politician ( and that's saying something) on a fun-packed mini-break to the French capital. With wit, cross-dresser and execution enthusiast George Selwyn. Who was Robert Damiens?How many horses does it take to pull a man apart?Why did Georgian high society pay good money to sit in a field?Is disguising yourself as a woman to watch an execution weird?It's a wince-inducing tale of scandal, gossip, Louis XV, The Hellfire Cl...

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