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A Gay Century Volume One 1900-1962

A Gay Century Volume One 1900-1962 10 Unreliable Vignettes of Lesbian and Gay Life

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Publisher's Synopsis

‘A Gay Century: Vol 1’ is a canter through 60 years of gay history in ten serious or comic playlets. Wilde’s deathbed encounter with Queen Victoria; the theft of the Irish crown jewels by a sadomasochistic cabal in Dublin Castle; Compton Mackenzie demanding of the Home Secretary that his own lesbian novel be prosecuted like ‘The Well of Loneliness’, because he needs the money; matinee idol Ivor Novello sharing a cell in Wandsworth with teenage psycho ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser; the Jeremy Thorpe/Norman Scott affair seen through the eyes of the dogs involved, etc. etc. A sideways look at our queer past offers vivid vignettes which may or may not be true - and if they’re not, they ought to be.

Book information

ISBN: 9781913567835
Publisher: The Conrad Press
Imprint: The Conrad Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 411
Weight: 356g
Height: 131mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 40mm