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History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nations story and now lovingly restored.In this moving and revelatory book, Anthony Delaney gives a voice to women and men whose lives have been written out of historyHallie Rubenhold, author of The Five and Story of a MurderMother Claps Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place of companionship and community, until a tip-off leads to a midnight raid.Two women, exiled from their families, set up a utopian homestead in a remote Welsh cottage, inspiring a generation of Romantic poets.The celebrated Chevalier dÉon, soldier, diplomat and spy, challenges a rival to a fencing match. The sweepstake is not over who will win, but whether the Chevalier is a man or a woman.In this dazzling work of restorative history, Dr Anthony Delaney has traced the stories of people daring to challenge societys expectations, unearthing archives and court records to reveal the tragedies and the joys of queer life three centuries ago. Breathing new life into the forgotten and offering radical new interpretations of celebrated figures such as Anne Lister, Queer Georgians is an invitation to view our shared history in a whole new light.Reading this hitherto hidden history was a revelation. I was utterly enthralled from the first page to the last.Tracy Borman, Chief Historian, Historic Royal Palaces and author of The Private Lives of the TudorsAnthony Delaney has opened the closet door of Jane Austen’s England and found people of every style - criminalised in their own time, ignored by ours, heroically finding their own ways. Philippa Gregory, author of Normal Women
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