London, April 1870: Fanny and Stella were no ordinary Victorian women. They were young men who liked to dress as women. Stella was the most beautiful female impersonator of her day, Fanny her inseparable companion. With a cast of peers and politicians, detectives and drag queens, Fanny and Stella is a dazzling and enthralling story of cross-dressing, cross-examinations and the invention of camp.