Castrati and Other Curiosities

'The Castrato and his Wife' is the story of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, eighteenth-century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell. Helen Berry explores their story through previously-unseen records, including eyewitness accounts, and the commentaries of newspapers and court records of the day.