Hot Victorians

Meet Your Dream Man From the Past

Aaron Radford-Wattley, Aaron Radford-Wattley

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Greenfinch
11 September 2025

Humour; Gift books

'A delicious sepia wet dream of a book that had me drooling, swiping right and wanting to buy a time machine' - Alan Carr

'What a treat!' - Dawn French

'This book is brilliant fun - capturing the debonair dandyism and sophisticated enigma of some very ruttable gentleman of the time' - Dita Von Teese (Burlesque Queen)

Feast your eyes upon the most gentlemanly brows, chiselled jawlines and tightest abs of the Victorian era.

Authored by the hugely popular 'Hot Victorians' Instagram account, this book is a brazen celebration of the finest men from 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.

Divided into chapters such as Hot Dads, Original Hipsters, Jocks and Sexy Nerds, each entry includes a swoon-worthy picture and a dating profile about the man. Among them, meet our cover star Arthur Shidler, dishy doctor 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 ugly bacteria is named after a man so beautiful!? 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.

Although they may be dead, for these 70+ perfect gents, chivalry is far from it.

By: Aaron Radford-Wattley, Aaron Radford-Wattley
Imprint: Greenfinch
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781529446654
ISBN 10: 1529446651
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 11 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aaron Radford-Wattley is a lifelong history enthusiast. From dragging his parents around every castle in England and Wales since he could walk to doing his senior school work experience at Christie's, Aaron's love of the past has always been front and centre. In 2019, he started the Instagram account @hotvictorians. The account shares images of handsome men from the 19th and early 20th centuries with interesting facts, accomplishments and just the occasional bawdy commentary.

Reviews for Hot Victorians: Meet Your Dream Man From the Past

This book is brilliant fun - capturing the debonair dandyism and sophisticated enigma of some very ruttable gentleman of the time --Dita Von Teese What a treat! --Dawn French A delicious sepia wet dream of a book that had me drooling, swiping right and wanting to buy a time machine--Alan Carr