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PRAISE FOR __QUEER CITY__ “Always entertaining . . . much to be recommended.”—__The Spectator__ “A nimble, uproarious pocket history of sex in his beloved metropolis.”—__Independent__ “Ackroyd has an encyclopedic knowledge of London, and a poet’s instinct for its strange, mesmerizing drives and urges . . . __Queer City__ contains something to alarm or fascinate on every page.”—__The Mail on Sunday__ “Droll, provocative and crammed to busting with startling facts.”—__The Guardian__ “Succinct, perceptive and robust.”—__Daily Telegraph__ In __Queer City,__ the acclaimed Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way–through the complete history and experiences of its gay and lesbian population. In Roman __Londinium__, the city was dotted with __lupanaria__ (“wolf dens” or public pleasure houses), __fornices__ (brothels), and __thermiae__ (hot baths). 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 cof

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Author

Peter Ackroyd

Publisher

Abrams Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781683353010

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science

Rating

3.22 / 5 (86 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13