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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

9 best books like Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century (John Boswell): The Persian Boy, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, The Scottish Prisoner, The Confessions of Young Nero, Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two, Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940, Mordred, Bastard Son, Get Out or Die

The Persian Boy
AuthorMary Renault
ISBN0394751019
“It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.”–The Atlantic Monthly

The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was...
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
AuthorDiana Gabaldon
ISBN0385337493
In her much-anticipated new novel, the New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander saga brings back one of her most compelling characters: Lord John Grey--soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade. Here Diana Gabaldon brilliantly weaves together the strands of Lord John's secret and...
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
AuthorMelanie Rehak
A plucky “titian-haired” sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties (when she was taken up with a vengeance by women’s libbers) to enter the pantheon of American girlhood. As beloved by girls today...
The Scottish Prisoner
AuthorDiana Gabaldon
ISBN1409135195
In this highly-anticipated new novel, Diana Gabaldon brings back one of her most compelling characters: the unforgettable Lord John Grey - soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade. Set in the heart of the eighteenth century, Lord John's world is one of mystery and menace. Diana Gabaldon brilliantly...
The Confessions of Young Nero
AuthorMargaret George
ISBN0451473388
The New York Times bestselling and legendary author of Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I now turns her gaze on Emperor Nero, one of the most notorious and misunderstood figures in history.

Built on the backs of those who fell before it, Julius Caesar's imperial dynasty is only as strong as the next...
Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two
AuthorAllan Bérubé
ISBN0743210719
This was a fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking and infuriating, look at the GLBT men and women who came out while serving in the armed forces during WWII. It includes information on being gay on the home front as well.

In the 1940's, sodomy was a criminal act in the United States. Although...
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940
AuthorGeorge Chauncey
ISBN0465026214
The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century

Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. Drawing on a rich trove of...
Mordred, Bastard Son
AuthorDouglas Clegg
ISBN1555839878
Traitor. Exile. Lover of Men.

“My mother is the Witch-Queen Morgan le Fay and my father, King Arthur. Merlin foretold that if a son like me were born to Arthur, his kingdom would be destroyed. By birthright, I am heir to the throne stolen from my mother…” In this spellbinding novel of dangerous...
Get Out or Die
AuthorJane Finnis
ISBN1590581954
Roman Britain in 91 AD is a raw frontier province, a troublesome part of the mighty Empire ruled by Domitian Caesar. Though it is almost fifty years since the legions invaded, many native tribes still hate their conquerors and seize any chance to harass the Roman settlers who are flocking in to colonise...
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