A Queer Inheritance : Alternative Histories in the National Trust, Michael Hall

A Queer Inheritance : Alternative Histories in the National Trust, Michael HallNew Hardback A revelatory masterpiece, a true alternative history of our times Simon Jenkins, former Chair of the National Trust LGBTQ+ histories and identities come out of the National Trusts properties in these touching, poignant and revealing stories. National Trust houses and landscapes might seem to embody conventional family values, but for generations some very different stories were hidden away. These belong to owners now considered queer for

A long-time megalith enthusiast

The fifth decreed the widespread use of English in official documents

each page is a lucky dip into the English language

not in spite of what is broken

Italian fascists in Verona

this guiding principle has been accompanied by an explosive rise in diabetes over the last fifty years

4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth

they are ghostly presences

trading stories about them

Curious readers will quickly become experts with this informative

Stoyle shows that the government in London saw the rebels as a real threat

the Owl and the Pussy-cat and Little Miss Muffet