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

272 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced

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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 h...

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