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Closet Queens Michael Bloch

Closet Queens par Michael Bloch

Closet Queens Michael Bloch

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Résumé

A colourful and brilliantly researched study of closet homosexuality in twentieth-century British politics.

Closet Queens Résumé

Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians Michael Bloch

Closet Queens is a fascinating study of gay men in twentieth century British politics, from Lord Rosebery and Lord Beauchamp in Edwardian times to Michael Portillo and Peter Mandelson in our own era.

As all homosexual activity was illegal until 1967, and exposure meant ruin and disgrace, such men were obliged either to repress their sexual feelings or else lead double lives, indulging their tastes secretly while respectably married with children.

The need to cover up their sexuality, while causing problems and disappointments, often sharpened their skills as politicians - they were masters of secrecy and subterfuge, and knew how to take calculated risks.

An entertaining and insightful account of some extraordinary personalities, Closet Queens opens doors into a hidden world.

Closet Queens Avis

Michael Bloch's publishers did well to get Matthew Parris to give his imprimatur to this book. It could easily have been a sleazy parade of salacious innuendo, but Bloch is a scrupulous historian who wrote an excellent biography of Jeremy Thorpe and has now looked at around 50 more politicians of the last century who led similarly double lives. This is a serious historical subject . . . Bloch shows that there was a far more extensive network of covert homosexuality than has hitherto been recognised, and there is no longer any need for reticence in admitting it -- John Campbell * Independent *
The tales of secret love affairs and repressed emotions of some of Britain's past and (slightly) present MPs are told with an absorbing and gossipy literary tone, shining a light on some fascinating characters . . . The cunning required to avoid being caught . . . seems to have played a significant role in the successful careers outlined in Closet Queens . . . The book gives a fascinating insight into the political times in which these men operated, and also outlines the staggering battle gay people have had to wage in order to gain acceptance and equality . . . As well as a high calibre work of modern political history, it serves as a timely reminder of the difficulties endured by gay people in the all-too-recent past -- Charlotte Henry * Independent on Sunday *
A hugely entertaining book . . . In my experience, homosexuals have a gift for seeing homosexuality everywhere, yet after reading Michael Bloch's survey I am retrospectively more persuaded . . . Bloch juggles the skills of lock-picker, outrageous gossip and historian. The result is unflaggingly absorbing -- Nicholas Shakespeare * Daily Telegraph *
Bloch is the ideal author of this survey of closeted politicians, having published an excellent biography of Jeremy Thorpe, a gay man destroyed by his risk-taking . . . It would be easy for this sort of study to be sensationalist, but Bloch . . . makes it clear when he is reporting rumour and doesn't whip up scandal from thin air -- Patrick Kidd * The Times *
Michael Bloch has written an entertaining account of the sex lives of some of Britain's most prominent and colourful politicians. What is surprising is that there were rather more secretly gay MPs than anyone imagined -- Chris Mullin * Observer *
There is plenty of fun here, as Michael Bloch writes very entertainingly, and with a sharp sense of humour -- Chris Bryant * New Statesman *
Great fun * Independent *
A delight. Entertaining and full of good anecdotes -- Patrick Kidd * The Times *

À propos de Michael Bloch

Michael Bloch was born in 1953 and trained for the law. From 1979 he assisted Maitre Suzanne Blum, the Parisian lawyer of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. He is the author of several books on the Windsors as well as other acclaimed works of non-fiction.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR007388330
9781408704127
1408704129
Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians Michael Bloch
Michael Bloch
Occasion - Bon état
Relié
Little, Brown Book Group
20150528
336
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