{"product_id":"queer-city-peter-ackroyd-9781419730993","title":"Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of the development of London as a European epicenter of queer life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQueer City\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed \u003cb\u003ePeter Ackroyd\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAckroyd 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAckroyd reveals the hidden story of London, with its diversity, thrills, and energy, as well as its terrors, dangers, and risks, and in doing so, explains the origins of all English-speaking gay culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eQueer City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spanning centuries, the book is a fantastically researched project that is obviously close to the author's heart.... An exciting look at London's queer history and a tribute to the \"various human worlds maintained in [the city's] diversity despite persecution, condemnation, and affliction.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Ackroyd's] work is highly anecdotal and near encyclopedic . . . the book is fascinating in its careful exposition of the singularities--and commonalities--of gay life, both male and female. Ultimately it is, as he concludes, a celebration as well as a history,\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A witty history-cum-tribute to gay London, from the Roman \"wolf dens\" through Oscar Wilde and Gay Pride marches to the present day,\" --\u003ci\u003eShelfAwareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ackroyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419730991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419730993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2018","brand":"Peter Ackroyd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43934771544319,"sku":"9781419730993","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5fb89a86-6616-40df-b414-26e21bc522ec.jpg?v=1681415955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/queer-city-peter-ackroyd-9781419730993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}