Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by Peter Ackroyd

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

Peter Ackroyd

247 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced
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*** A Sunday Times Bestseller ***In Queer City Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way – through the history and experiences of its gay population.In Roman Londinium the city was dotted with lupanaria (‘wolf dens’ or public pleasure house...

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