Family secrets : living with shame from the Victorians to the present day / Deborah Cohen.

London : Viking, 2013.

xx, 371 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-353) and index.

The Nabob's secrets -- Revelation in the divorce court -- Children who disappeared -- Other people's bastards -- Bachelor uncles -- Talking it out -- The repressive family -- Epilogue: genealogy and confessional culture.