{"product_id":"hot-victorians-aaron-radford-wattley-9781529446654","title":"Hot Victorians: Meet Your Dream Man from the Past","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A delicious sepia wet dream of a book that had me drooling, swiping right and wanting to buy a time machine'\u003c\/i\u003e - Alan Carr\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'What a treat!' - \u003c\/i\u003eDawn French \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This book is brilliant fun - capturing the debonair dandyism and sophisticated enigma of some very ruttable gentleman of the time'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e- Dita Von Teese (Burlesque Queen)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeast your eyes upon the most gentlemanly brows, chiselled jawlines and tightest abs of the Victorian era.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Authored by the hugely popular 'Hot Victorians' Instagram account, this book is a \u003cb\u003ebrazen celebration of the finest men \u003c\/b\u003efrom the Victorian and Edwardian eras. From a show-off strongman, a hot felon and a daguerreotype dandy to a Swedish sailor and Harvard's first Black graduate, there is a chap for everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Divided into chapters such as \u003cb\u003eHot Dads, Original Hipsters, Jocks \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Sexy Nerds\u003c\/b\u003e, each entry includes a \u003cb\u003eswoon-worthy picture and a dating profile about the man\u003c\/b\u003e. Among them, meet our cover star Arthur Shidler, \u003cb\u003edishy doctor\u003c\/b\u003e and family man from Illinois, or how about the physician responsible for the identification of the bubonic plague parasite - is it really justified that such an \u003cb\u003eugly bacteria\u003c\/b\u003e is named after a man \u003cb\u003eso beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e!? Each entry also includes a hilarious response to one of the prompts you might find on the dating apps, bringing these gents right into the 21st century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although they may be dead, for these 70+ perfect gents, chivalry is far from it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Radford-Wattley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529446651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529446654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Mobius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Aaron Radford-Wattley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072134758655,"sku":"9781529446654","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e45cf979-c47a-4354-8515-554328a52ef2.jpg?v=1753415881","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hot-victorians-aaron-radford-wattley-9781529446654","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}