The Perfect Man: The Muscular Life and Times of Eugen Sandow, Victorian Strongman    by David Waller
Price: $4.99 USD. 72750 words. Published by Victorian Secrets  on November 22, 2011. Nonfiction.
Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was the Victorian Arnold Schwarzenegger - a strongman who was colossally famous in his day and possessed what was considered to be the most perfect male body. He rose from obscurity in Prussia to become a music-hall sensation in late Victorian London, going on to great success as a performer in North America and throughout the British Empire.