Books
Sidney Fox's Crime
(2023)
Sidney Harry Fox was a forger, a thief and a compulsive liar. He was also a handsome male prostitute whose wealthy clients included members of the House of Lords, senior army officers, and a suspected German spy. He supported his mother Rosaline to whom he was devoted. When money ran out, they travelled the country together, living the high life while defrauding hotels.
On 23 October 1929, Rosaline Fox was found dead in a burning bedroom of the Metropole Hotel, Margate. There were no marks whatsoever on her, yet the renowned Home Office pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury claimed she had been strangled to death. Sidney was charged with her murder and the subsequent trial at Lewes Crown Court became a sensation.
Drawing on police files, numerous untapped sources and the press reports of the period, Chandler unravels the extraordinary relationship between mother and son, and tells for the first time the true story of this remarkable case.
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The Sins of Jack Saul
(2016)
Jack Saul was the most notorious male prostitute in Victorian London. Born in a Dublin slum, he became embroiled in two of the major scandals of the era, and was the central character in an infamous work of pornography, The Sins of the Cities of the Plain.
But it was his involvement in the Cleveland Street affair of 1889 which brought him to the attention of the public. A male brothel, telegraph messenger boys, wealthy aristocrats and the possible involvement of a member of the Royal Family were the ingredients of a scandal the Government desperately tried to suppress.
Now in its second edition with recently unearthed new material, this riveting true account of low life and the high-born explores the tragic life of a young man who shocked Victorian sensibilities, and names the VIP clients who used his services. It also reveals the full story about what went on behind the front door and velvet curtains of the exclusive male brothel at 19 Cleveland Street.
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