About the Book:

A tiny, sleepy European town was at one time the centre of a scandal surrounding two Prussian clerics and a sex cult. A Scandal in Koenigsberg tells the remarkable story of scandal, sensationalism and accusations that shook 1830s Europe, in a fascinating slice of microhistory.

About the Author:

Christopher Clark is the Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. He was knighted in 2015. His previous books are The Politics of Conversion, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Iron Kingdom, The Sleepwalkers, Time and Power, Prisoners of Time and Revolutionary Spring.