Berry, Helen - The Castrato and His Wife

The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage that resonate in our own time.

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CONTENTS

Prelude
1 The Pig Man Arrives in Monte San Savino
2 Schooling Angels in Naples
3 The Castrato in London
4 Fancying Tenducci
5 A Dublin Scuffle
6 The Elopement
7 Married Life
8 The Trial
9 Legacy
Coda
Notes
A Note on Sources
Appendix: Deposition of Tomasso Massi
Select Bibliography
Index