Queer City : Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day (Audio)

from sarahlh

I was thrilled to get Peter Ackroyd's QUEER CITY as a Goodreads Giveaway book. What is inside, for the most part, does not disappoint. There are so many anecdotes and stories of queer London, shocking and rude and heartbreaking and humorous, that it really puts a lot of color and character into o...

from pomo58

Queer City from Peter Ackroyd is a well-researched but unevenly written popular history of, as the subtitle says, Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day. All in all it is well worth reading though it will likely annoy as much as it enlightens. Part of the problem is that the scope is enorm...

from Diana_Long_Thomas

Book received from NetGalley. First and foremost, this particular history book is not for everyone, the subject matter can be very divisive even though the author is a marvelous researcher and writer of British history. This is one of my auto buy authors. I love his books especially his non-ficti...