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Queer Cambridge recounts the untold story of a gay community living, for many decades, at the very heart of the British Establishment. Making effective use of chiefly forgotten archival sources - including personal diaries and letters - the author reveals a network that was in equal parts tolerant and acerbic,…
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I first read this wonderful book in manuscript. This is a moving history of a queer male community, right at the heart of the British establishment, associated with King’s College, Cambridge.
The stories woven together by Professor Goldhill are filled with gossip, scandal, revelations, startling connections, delightful tales of lust, quarrels, thwarted desire, and pure pleasure. Goldhill’s research is meticulous, and he writes with gripping lucidity. Some of his characters, such as E.M.Forster, Rupert Brooke, and M.R. James are well known. But many untold and extraordinary stories are to be found here, too.
The decades covered by the narrative stretch…
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