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Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

3.3/5 ( ratings)

*** A Sunday Times Bestseller ***

In Roman Londinium the city was dotted with lupanaria , fornices and thermiae . Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks and missionaries. And so began an endless loop of alternating permissiveness and censure.

Ackroyd takes us right into the hidden history of the city; from the notorious Normans to the frenzy of executions for sodomy in the early nineteenth century. He journeys through the coffee bars of sixties Soho to Gay Liberation, disco music and the horror of AIDS.

Today, we live in an era of openness and tolerance and Queer London has become part of the new norm. Ackroyd tells us the hidden story of how it got there, celebrating its diversity, thrills and energy on the one hand; but reminding us of its very real terrors, dangers and risks on the other.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: June 26, 2018

ISBN: 0099592940

ISBN 13: 9780099592945

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

3.3/5 ( ratings)

*** A Sunday Times Bestseller ***

In Roman Londinium the city was dotted with lupanaria , fornices and thermiae . Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks and missionaries. And so began an endless loop of alternating permissiveness and censure.

Ackroyd takes us right into the hidden history of the city; from the notorious Normans to the frenzy of executions for sodomy in the early nineteenth century. He journeys through the coffee bars of sixties Soho to Gay Liberation, disco music and the horror of AIDS.

Today, we live in an era of openness and tolerance and Queer London has become part of the new norm. Ackroyd tells us the hidden story of how it got there, celebrating its diversity, thrills and energy on the one hand; but reminding us of its very real terrors, dangers and risks on the other.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: June 26, 2018

ISBN: 0099592940

ISBN 13: 9780099592945

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