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The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings by the Marquis de Sade – mid 17th Century
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A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White – 1950s America
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A Cold Blooded Scoundrel by J S Cook – 1880’s London
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A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess – Elizabethan era
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A Different Sin by Rochelle Hollander Schwab – American Civil War
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A Discreet Young Gentleman by M J Pearson – Regency
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A Fly in Amber (A Lucifer Box novel) by Mark Gattis – 1940’s
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A Gentleman’s Wager by Madelynne Ellis – Regency (Menage)
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A Good Man is Hard to Find by Jeanne Law – Western
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A Hidden Beauty by Jamie Craig – 19th Century America
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A Summer Place by Ariel Tachna – 1880’s Maine USA
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A Wind Across the Century by R G Powers – Edwardian England
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An Agreement Among Gentlemen by Chris Owen – Regency
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An Arrow’s Flight by Mark Merlis – Trojan War
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An Asian Minor, the true story of Ganymede by Felice Picaro
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An East Wind Blowing by Mel Keegan – Post Roman Britain
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An Immaculate Mistake by Paul Bailey – 1940/50s
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Ardennian Boy by William Maltese – 19th Century France
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All Shook Up by JM Snyder – 1883 Java (novella)
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Alone by the Window by Dave Brown – Western
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As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann – English Civil War
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A Perfect Peace by Glynn Compton Harper – WW2
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A Perfect Waiter by Alain Claude Sulzer – 1930’s/1960’s Switzerland
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Arise Beloved by Glynn Compton Harper – WW2
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A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood – 1962 America
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At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill – Ireland’s Easter Uprising
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Athens Rising by William Mott – 5thC BC Athens
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Aubade by Kenneth Martin – 1950’s
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Banshee by Hayden Thorne – 19th Century England
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Bend in the Road by Jeanne Barrack – 1880’s Poland
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Better Angel by Richard Meeker/Forman Brown – 1930’s
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Black Butterfly (A Lucifer Box novel) by Mark Gattis – 1950’s
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Blue, Gray & Gay Part I by Tom Flack – American Civil War
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Blue, Gray & Gay Part II (Mountain Men) by Tom Flack – American Civil War
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Boy at Sea by Tom Camford – WWII
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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh – 1920’s-1940’s
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Bristlecone Peak by Dave Brown – Western
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Brothers In Arms by Samatha Kane – Regency (menage)
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Brother In Arms – the Courage to Love by Samantha Kane – Regency (menage)
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Calico by Dorien Grey – Wild West
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Captain’s Surrender by Alex Beecroft – Age of Sail
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Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley – 1940-1950
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Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima – 1940s Japan
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Confessing a Murder by Nicholas Drayson – 19th Century
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Conquistador by Jeff Hunter – Incan Civilisation
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Crystal Boys by Pai Hsien-Yung – 1970s Taiwan
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Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice – 19th Century Castrati
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Czar! A Novel of Ivan the Terrible by Larry Townsend – 16th Cent. Russia
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Dakota Taylor series No 1: Arson! by Cap Iversen – Western
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Dakota Taylor series No 2: Silver Saddles by Cap Iversen – Western
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Dakota Taylor series No 3: Rattler! by Cap Iversen – Western
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Damned Strong Love by Lutz Van Dijk & Elizabeth Crawford – World War II
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Dangerous Moonlight by Mel Keegan – 18th Cent
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Danube Divide by Jardon Smith – Roman
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David Blaize by E F Benson
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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann – Early 20th Cent.
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Death of a Blues Angel by Sarah Black – 1966 America
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Death of a Monk by Alon Hilu – 1840 Damascus
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Delirium by Jeremy Reed – 19th century France
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Doctor Reynard’s Experiment by Robert Black – Victorian
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Down there on a visit by Christopher Isherwood- 1920s-30s-50s Europe/UK
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Duvall’s Gold by Chris Hunt – 18th Century England
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Earthly Joys by Phillipa Gregory – 17th century
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East Wind Blowing by Mel Keegan – Arthurian
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Edward, Edward by Lolah Burford – 1795-1816
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Erotic Tales of the Knights Templar by Jay Starre – Knights Templar
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False Colors by Alex Beecroft – Age of Sail
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Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee – WWII China
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Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram – 1950’s
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Fellow Travellers by Thomas Mallon – McArthy era Washington DC
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Fellow Travellers by TC Worsley – Spanish Civil War/UK 1930s
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Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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Firelands by Michael Jensen – American Frontier
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Finistere by Fritz Peters – 1920’s
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For a Lost Soldier by Rudi Van Dantzig – WW2
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Forbidden Colors by Yukio Mishima – 1950s Japan
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Fortunes Favourites by Colleen McCullough
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Fortunes of War by Mel Keegan – Elizabethan England
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Forth Into Light by Gordon Merrick – 1960’s America (Peter & Charlie Series 3)
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Frontiers by Michael Jensen – American Frontier
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Frost Fair by Erastes – Regency
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Funeral Games by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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Full Circle by Mike Seabrook -WWII RAF
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Gaderene by CB Potts and Tina Anderson – 19th Century Manhattan
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Gaveston by Chris Hunt – Edward II
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Gaywyck by Vincent Virga – late 19th Century America
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin and Caryl Phillips – 1950’s France
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Goat Song by Frank Yerby – Peloponnesian Wars
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Gross Indecency-The 3 Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moises Kaufman and and Stephen Wangh – 1895 England (Wilde)
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Heyday by Michael Viktor Butler 1920’s New York
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Historical Obsessions by Julia Talbot – Various short stories – Regency
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Hollywood’s Silent Closet by Darwin Porter – 1920s Hollywood
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Home to Kentucky by Dave Brown – Western
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Hold Tight by Christopher Bram – WW2
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Hotel de Dream – Edmund White – 1900’s
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Hot on his Trail by Zavo – Western
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Hot Valley by James Lear – American Civil War
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I DO! An anthology in support of gay marriage - various
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In Bear Country by Kiernan Kelly – 1880’s America
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In Bear Country II (Barbary Coast) by Kiernan Kelly – 1880’s America
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I Give You Oscar Wilde by Desmond Hall – Oscar Wilde
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Icarus in Flight by Hayden Thorne – Victorian
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Imre: A Memorandum by Edward Prime Stevenson – 18th Century
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In the Absence of Men by Philippe Besson & Frank Wynne – 1916 France
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In the Shadow of Alexander by G.A. Hauser – Alexander the Great
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Iridescence by Peter Wells - Victorian England and New Zealand
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Irish Winter by John Simpson – 1919 Ireland
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It Takes Two by Elliot Mackle – 1949 Florida
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Jack and Jamie go to War by Jack Robinson – WWII
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Jack of Hearts by Joseph Hansen – 1941 America
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Justice for the Damned by Priscilla Royal – Medieval Mystery
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Leather Boys by Gillian Freeman – 50’s England
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Legion of Lust by Scott Lukas – Roman Britain
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Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased) by Emma Collingwood – Age of Sail
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Listen, the Loon Sings by Richard Amory – Frontier America
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Living Upstairs by Joseph Hansen – 1940’s Hollywood
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Lola Dances by Victor J Banis – The American Goldrush
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Longhorns by Victor J Banis – Frontier America
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Lord Dismiss Us by Michael Campbell – 1960’s
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Lord John & the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon – Jacobean
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Lord John & the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon – Jacobean
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Lord John & the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon – Jacobean
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Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford- 1930s Britain
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Lover’s Knot by Donald L Hardy – Victorian/Edwardian
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Mark Antonious deMontford by G A Hauser – 19th century England REVIEW Linden Bay Romance
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge – 19th century England
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Maurice by E M Forster – Edwardian
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Maurice and Alec in America by Fred Carrier – 1920’s
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Melmoth the Wanderer by C R Maturin – 1820
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Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf by David Madsen
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Middle Ground by Ursula Zilinsky – WWII Austria
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Mordred Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg – Arthurian
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My Dearest Holmes by Rohase Piercy – 19th Century
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Mr Clive & Mr Page by Neil Bartlett – 20’s-50’s England
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Nicholas Cooke by Stephanie Cowell – Elizabethan
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Nights Beneath the Nation by Denis Keho – 1950’s Ireland
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Now and Then by William Corlett – 1950s and present day
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Once a Chieftain by Kira Takenouchi – Viking-age Iceland
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One for the Gods by Gordon Merrick(Peter & Charlie Series 3)-1940′S/50′S
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Oscar Wilde & the Candlelight Murders by Gyles Brandreth – Edwardian
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Oscar Wilde & the Ring of Death by Gyles Brandreth – Edwardian REVIEW Amazon UK Amazon USA (called Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder)
Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions by Frank Harris – Edwardian
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Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander by Ann Herendeen – Regency
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Piepel by Ka-Tzetnik – Auschwitz
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Pinkerton Partners by Dave Brown – Western
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Prince Serebrenni by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy – 16th Cent. Russia
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Queer by William S Burroughs – 1940’s
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Rainbow Plantation Blues by Robert L Sheeley – 1850s America
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Raised by Wolves:Brethren by W A Hoffman – 17th century
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Raised by Wolves:Matelots by W A Hoffman – 17th century
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Raised by Wolves: Treasure by W A Hoffman – 17th century
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Ransom by Lee Rowan – Age of Sail
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Raven’s Brood by E F Benson – 1930’s England
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Regeneration by Pat Barker – WW1
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Regency by Megan Derr – Regency(?)
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Rid England of this Plague by Rex Batten – 1950’s
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Sandals & Sodomy (Anthology) by various – Ancient Greece,Thebes, Rome
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Sebastian’s Tangibles by Ingham, Anthea – Edwardian Oxford(?)
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Secretly Inside by Hans Warren and S J. Leinbach – WWII
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets by Samuel Park – 1940’s Harvard
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Sins of the Cities of the Plain by Jack Saul – Victorian
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Slaves of the Empire by Aaron Travis, – Imperial Rome
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Slaves to Love by J P Bowie – Ancient Rome
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Slow Water by Annemarie Jagose- New Zealand 19th Century
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Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon – 1940’s America
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Song of Aaron by Richard Amory – 19th Century America
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Song of the Loon by Richard Amory – 19th Century America
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Sorrow without End by Priscilla Royal – Medieval Mystery
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Speak Its Name by Charlie Cochrane, Lee Rowan and Erastes – 1920’s, Victorian, Regency
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Standish by Erastes – Regency
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Strange Meeting by Susan Hill – World War I
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Street Lavender by Chris Hunt – Victorian
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Surviving an American Gulag by Edward C Patterson – 1967 Vietnam
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Sweet Lips by Mel Smith – Western
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Symmetry by I E Woodward – Early 1800s America
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Tangled Web by Lee Rowan – Regency
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Taos Truth Game by Earl Ganz – America 1930
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Teardrops on my Drum by Jack Robinson – pre World War II Liverpool
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Teleny attributed to Oscar Wilde – late 19th Century
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The Alienist by Caleb Carr – 19th Century
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The Amazing Advenures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon – World War II
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The Back Passage by James Lear – English 1920’s murder mystery
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The Bisley Boy by Chris Hunt – Elizabethan
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The Bitterweed Path by Thomas Hal Phillips – 1880 America
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The Boy I Love by Marion Husband – post WWI
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The Boy Who Picked The Bullets Up by Charles Nelson – Vietnamese War
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The Buccaneer by MS Hunter – Pirates
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The Bull From The Sea by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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The Cambridge Fellows Mysteries: Lessons In Love by Charlie Cochrane
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The Cambridge Fellows Mysteries: Lessons in Desire by Charlie Cochrane
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The Carnivorous Lamb by Augustin Gomez-Arcos – Spanish Civil Wa
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The Confession of Piers Gaveston by Brandy Purdy
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The Coward does it with Kiss by Piercy & Rohase Piercy
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The Charioteer by Mary Renault – World War II
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The City & The Pillar by Gore Vidal – 1950’s America
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The Confusions of Young Torless by Robert Musil – 19th Century Austria
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The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide – Early 20th Cent.
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The Court of Honour by Maria Fagyas – pre-WWI Germany
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The Cutbank Path by Joseph Hansen – 1952 America
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The Deceivers by Mel Keegan – mid 19th Century
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The Devil’s Lieutenant by Maria Fagyas – pre-WWI Austro-Hungarian Empire
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The Devil’s Paintbrush by Jake Arnott – fin de siecle Paris
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The Erotic Etudes by E.L. van Hine – 19th century (Schumann)
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The Eunuch Neferu by Daniel Tegan Marsche – Roman Empire
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The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker – WWI
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The Facts of Life by Patrick Gale – WWII
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The Feathers of Death by Simon Raven -WWII
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The Filly by Mark Probst – Western
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The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough – Ancient Rome
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The Flowers of Adonis by Rosemary Sutcliff – Ancient Greece
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The Folded Leaf by William Maxwell – 1920s Chicago
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The Evening Crowd at Kirmser’s: Gay St. Paul in the 1940’s by Allan Spear-1940’s
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The Gay Disciple-Jesus’ friend tells it his way by John Henson – Biblical
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The Gay Adventures of Captain Goose by Larry Townsend – American Revolutionary War
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The German Officer’s Boy by Harlan Greene- WWII
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The Ghost Road by Pat Barker – WWI
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The God in Flight by Laura Argiri – Victorian era America
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The God of Mirrors by Robert Reilly – Oscar Willde
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The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough – Ancient Rome
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The Greek Way by Edward Ellis – Sparta 5th cent. BC
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The Handsomest Man in the World by David Leddick – 1950’s America
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The Hill: a story of friendship by Horace Annesley Vachell – 19th/20th turn of century
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The Honey & the Sting by Chris Hunt – Elizabethan/Jacobean
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The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier – 14th Century
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The Hyacinth Club by B A Tortuga – Victorian
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The Immoralist by Andre Gide – Early 20th Cent
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The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt – 1913 Cambridge
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The Journeyer by J P Bowie – Scotland 1746
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The Judas Kiss by David Hare – 1895 England (Wilde)
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The King Must Die by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde by Peter Ackroyd – Oscar Wilde
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The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh – pre WW2
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The Long Afternoon by Ursula Zilinsky – WWI, England and Europe (m/m and m/f)
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The Lord won’t Mind by Gordon Merrick – WW2 (Peter and Charlie Series 1)
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The Low Road by James Lear – Jacobite Scotland
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The Lusty Adventures of the Knossos Prince by Jay Starre – Ancient Crete
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The Man who Fell in Love With the Moon by Tom Spanbauer – 1880 America-Old West
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The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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The Master by Colm Toibin – Late Victorian England
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The Master of Seacliff by Max Pierce – American Gothic
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The Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar – Ancient Rome
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The Memorial by Christopher Isherwood 1920’s England
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The Miracle of the Rose by Jean Genet – WWII
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The Nature of Alexander by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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The Notary by Catherine Jinks – 14th Century France
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The Notorious Dr. August: His Life and Crimes by Christopher Bram – 1850 onwards
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Theodore by Christopher Harris – 7th Century Europe & England
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The Palace of Varieties by James Lear – 1930s London
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The Panther’s Feast, by Robert Asprey – pre-WWI Austro-Hungarian Empire
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The Paragon of Animals by J S Cook – 1880’s London
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The Partisans by Martin Brant – WWII
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The Persian Boy by Mary Renault Ancient Greece
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The Pet Rabbit by Jilapa Jarun – 18th Century Japan
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The Phoenix by Ruth Sims – Victorian England and America
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde – Victorian
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The Players by Stephanie Cowell – Elizabethan
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The Praise Singer by Mary Renault – Ancient Greece
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The Price of Temptation by M J Pearson – Regency
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The Prince & Him by Kendal Nite – Once upon a Time
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The Prussian Prince by Adam Anthony – WWII
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The Rice Queen Spy by John F Rooney – 1940 to present
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The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Band of Thebes by G A Hauser – 338BC
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The Ruling Passion by David Pownall – 14th Century England
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The Secret Tunnel by James Lear – 1920’s
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The Sex Squad by David Leddick – 1950’s
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The Song of Sir Rod the Long: A Gay Romance of the Round Table by Larry Howard – King Arthur
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The Slave King by Ben Elliot – Ancient Rome
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The Spartan by Don Harrison – Ancient Sparta
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The Squire by Shawn Lane – 1342 England (short novella)
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The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer – 1950’s America
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The Temple by Stephen Spender – 1920-1930
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The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney – 19th century Canada
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The Tomb of the God King by Julia Talbot – 1920’s Egypt
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The Tortured Secutor by Jardonn Smith – Ancient Rome
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The Vesuvius Club (a Lucifer Box novel) by Mark Gatiss – Edwardian/Victorian England
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The Vintner’s Luck – Elizabeth Knox – starts in 1808 and spans a lifetime
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The Waters of Babylon by David Stephens – Lawrence of Arabia post WW1
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This Breathing World by Jose Luis de Juan – First Century Rome
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Time and Place by Alan Sheridan – Early 20th Century
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Totempole by Sanford Friedman – 1960’s America
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Transgressions by Erastes – English Civil War
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Treasures on Earth by Carter Wilson – 1911 South America
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Twilight by Mel Keegan – Crusades
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Two Irish Lads by Gerry Burnie – 1820 Ireland/Canada
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Two Spirits by Walter L Williams & Toby Johnson – 19th Cent America
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Tyrant of the Mind by Priscilla Royal – Medieval Mystery
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Vadriel Vail by Vincent Virga – early 20th Cent America
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Venetian Trade by Tom Granville – Early Venetian Empire
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Vienna Dolorosa by Mykola Dementiuk – 1930’s Vienna
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Virginia Bedfellows by Gavin Morris – 18th Cent. America
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Warrior Prince by J P Bowie – Roman
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Willow Song by Richard Amory – 19th Cent America
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Walk the Night by Richard C Reinhart- WWII Concentration Camps
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While England Sleeps by David Leavitt – Pre WWII, Spanish Civil War
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Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen – New York 1919
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White Rose of Night by Mel Keegan – crusades
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Wicked Angels by Eric Jourdan – 1950’s Franc
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Winds of Change by Lee Rowan – Age of Sail
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Wine of Violence by Priscilla Royal – Medieval Mystery
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Wingmen by Ensan Case – WWII war in the Pacific
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Wings by Mikhail Kuzmin – 1906 Russia
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Why We Never Danced the Charleston by Harlan Greene – 1920’s America
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Young Will by Bruce Cook – Will Shakespeare
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A Fine Cure from Fennel Seed by Lucius Parhelion – 1930’s America
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Another Chance by Shawn Lane – Regency
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Angel’s Evolution by T.A. Chase – Regency
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A Gift of Ash and Frost by Chrissy Munder – 1812 England
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A Good Man is Hard to Find by Jeanne Laws – 19th Century America
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All Shook Up by J M Snyder – 19th Century America
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A Pirate’s Paradise by Julia Talbot – 18th century Caribbean
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A Taste of Honey by Christiane France
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A Warrior’s Hope by Sabrina Luna – Ancient Egypt (short story)
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Awakening by Terry O’Reilly – Colonial America
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Barbarian Tales I (the Inheritance) by Sabb – Ancient Britain
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Barbarian Tales II(Journeys Begin) by Sabb – Ancient Britain
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Bee Among the Clover by Fae Sutherland and Marguerite Labbe – Roman Britain
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Beyond the Veil by Stevie Woods – 18th century Caribbean
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Blitz by Charlie Cochrane – WWII
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Bound by Deception by Ava March – 1822 England
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Bounty of the Heart by J M Snyder – 19th cent America
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Bys Vyken by Syd McGinley – 1808 Cornwall
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Cabin Fever by B A Tortuga – 19th Century America
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Cane by Stevie Woods – Mid 19th Century America
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Carnal Cravings by Keta Diablo – Colonial America
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Champion of Olympia by Margaret Leigh – Ancient Greece
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Come & Take it : England by Julia Talbot – 19th Century London
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Come & Take it: Texas by Julia Talbot – 19th Century Texas
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Conflict by Stevie Woods – American Civil War
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Country Boys by John Coriolan – Italy 2AD
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Cruising through History by Habu – various eras
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Dead of Winter by Parhelion – 1950’s America
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Dealing Straight by Emily Veinglory – Western
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Fellow Barbarians by B A Tortuga – Regency
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Finding Jason by Lyndi Lamont – Regency
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Flying Fish by Sedonia Guillone - Samurai
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For the Boys by J M Snyder – Korean War (in “Some Gave All” Anthology)
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Frozen Embers by Sasha Skye – 19th Century
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Galleons & Gangplanks (Anthology) – Pirates
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Ghosts by Olivia Lorenz – Chinese Warlord era
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Connie Baily and J.M. McLaughlin – 19th cent.
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Hanged Man by Parhelion – 1935 California
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Home Station on the Prairie by Kara Larson – Western
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Homesteads and Horseradish by Kiernan Kelly – Western
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Honor Bound by Wheeler Scott – Regency
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Hyacinth Club by B A Tortuga – Victorian
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In Bear Country by Kiernan Kelly – 1880 America
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Indiscretions by Elayne S Venton – Regency
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Inkman’s Work by Steve Berman – Pirates
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Islands by Samantha Kane – WW2
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Jackson’s Pride by Lynn Lorenz – Medieval
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Kestrel on the Horizon by Angelia Sparrow and Naomi Brooks – 1700’s
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Kydon Chronicles Series Book 1: Golden Legend by Robert Legleitner – 1940’s Europe
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Kydon Chronicles Series Book 2: A Brief Madness by Robert Legleitner – 1940’s Europe
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Erastes,
What is really great about this list is that it pretty much includes ALL gay fiction published prior to 1957, because even though it may have been contemporary at the time, it qualifies as historical now. Going through the list I’m amazed at how many early gay lit books there are that I didn’t know about. I don’t know it is possible that all this time I knew nothing of the Mary Renault books and such groundbreaking literature as “The Bitterweed Path” by Thomas Hal Phillips. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do.
Thanks Mark. I wondered if I should go the same route as the Historical Novel Society and only consider “historical” to mean contemporarily written but based in years pre-world war 2 but I decided that that would really limit the list seeing as how few people are actually writing it nowadays.
You MUST read the Charioteer. Must Must Must.
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce
*laughs*
You don’t agree with a list?
From my own collection (with apologies if I have duplicated)
Ben Elliot – The slave king
Robert Musil – The confusions of young Torless
Jane Yolen – Briar Rose
Edward Prime-Stevenson – Imre
Forman Brown – Better Angel
Christopher Harris – Theodore
Catherine Jinks – The Notary
Mark Merlis – Arrow’s flight
Anne Rice – Cry to heaven
Louis Bayard – Pale Blue Eyes
PV Goode – Barbwire entanglements (if you have trouble tracking this try thebookshop.com.au)
Antha Ingham – Sebastian’s tangibles
Stephen Spender – The temple
Caleb Carr – The alienist
Nicholas Drayson – Confessing a murder
Rudi van Dantzig – For a lost soldier
JM Roberts – Without sanction
Can I throw in (non-fiction)
The gay canon (Robert Drake)
The men with the pink triangle (Heinz Heger)
Camping by a billabong (Robert French)
and just for fun
Michael Alvear – Alexander the fabulous
Graeme
The 20th Century Surrealist artists/lovers/Resistance propagandists Claude Cahun/Lucille Schwob and Marcel Moore/Suzanne Malherbe are receiving some much-deserved attention. Cahun’s photos and photocollages, “Claude Cahun,” are now available. A bigger book “Don’t Kiss Me, I am in Training,” is harder to find. My book, in which they figure prominently, “War on the Margins,” is available on Kindle and will soon be out in paperback. Barbara Hammer’s film, “Lover/Other,” is terrific.
Unless I’ve missed it somewhere, I don’t find Maria McCann’s “As Meat Loves Salt” on the list. It should surely be there. Set during the Civil War in 17th England, it has fine historical detail, vivid characters and a description of erotic obsession between men that is especially stunning given that the author is a woman. This is her first novel. With luck it won’t be her last.
Yep – it’s there, John! Together with a review. One of the best books in the genre.
Most m/m writers these days are women, me included!
Never read Frontiers, by Michael Jensen, even for a review. There’s a copy in our glba office, and sometimes I think it can’t be as bad as I thought it was… and then it is. I can’t make it past the first chapter, it’s so bad.
hi–i saw your discussion thread on amazon; you might consider BRANWELL (Douglas A. Martin). thanks for this.
Oh – that does look interesting, thank you Douglas!
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Two books I have recently ordered in paperback are –
Heart of a Lion – Kira Stone – Samhainpublishing.com
Golden Boots – A. Jane – ajanefantasy.com
I have not read them yet. However I dont think they are on your list.
Since you gave me the link to this web page I have been reading so many fantastic books including your recent book Frost Fair – I cant wait for transgressions i have it on pre-order with amazon. A Big thank you to you Erastes. Adam xxx
Thank you, Adam, and thanks (blushingly) for your very kind words. Getting praise is nice, from a man is doubly nice.
I wasn’t sure about Kira Stone’s book, although I had spotted it before, as there’s no way I can tell what era/country its in, so I assumed it was fantasy – can you enlighten me as to when and where it’s set? Golden Boots, sadly, is fantasy, so I can’t include it here – but thank you for both suggestions!
Apologies if i’ve missed the point.
Querelle Of Brest: Jean Genet
Jade In Aries: Tucker Coe, 1960’s NYC
Quatrafoil: James Barr
There are others but my collection has been boxed up. i’ll submit more when i next move the boxes.
Thank you, Ben – I will add these asap!