The Petticoat Men
Barbara Ewing
Nov 2014 · W F Howes · Narrated by Barbara Ewing
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13 hr 50 min
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The Victorian gossipmongers called them The Petticoat Men. But to Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. She admires their sparkling gowns, and laughs at their stories of attending society balls dressed up as the glamorous 'Fanny' and 'Stella'. But one fateful night Fanny and Stella are arrested. Outraged, Mattie is determined to save her friends and expose the establishment's hypocrisy...
About the author
Barbara Ewing was born in 1944 in New Zealand. She is a playwright and novelist. she graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in English and Maori before coming to Britain in 1965 to train as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She made her film debut in the horror film Torture Garden (1967), followed by Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) with Christopher Lee. Her other films included The Reckoning (1969), Eye of the Needle (1981) and When the Whales Came (1989). The television role for which she is best remembered is that of Bradley Hardacre's mistress Agnes Fairchild in the Granada Television comedy series Brass. More recent TV appearances have included episodes of Casualty, Doctors and Holby City on the BBC, and The Bill and Peak Practice on ITV. Her written works include: Strangers, The Mesmerist, The Fraud, and The Petticoat Men. In 2015 she made the shortlist for the Ngaio Marsh Award with The Petticoat Men.
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