{"product_id":"queer-city-peter-ackroyd-9781419735141","title":"Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day","description":"In \u003ci\u003eQueer City, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eLondinium\u003c\/i\u003e, the city was dotted with \u003ci\u003elupanaria\u003c\/i\u003e (\"wolf dens\" or public pleasure houses), \u003ci\u003efornices\u003c\/i\u003e (brothels), and \u003ci\u003ethermiae\u003c\/i\u003e (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 coffee bars of sixties Soho to Gay Liberation, disco music, and the horror of AIDS. Ackroyd 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ackroyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419735144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419735141\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\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Peter Ackroyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048515039487,"sku":"9781419735141","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d1abfdf-2c52-4065-922c-8422cbff1fe2.jpg?v=1684996212","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/queer-city-peter-ackroyd-9781419735141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}