Queer Georgians

If you’ve been intrigued by the gay romances that featured in Bridgerton, or the legend of Anne Lister, the inspiration behind Sally Wainwright’s 2019 TV drama Gentleman Jack, then Queer Georgians brings both – and more – vividly to life.

Nick Duerden, i paper

Anthony 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 to make individual lives, families and even communities.

Philippa Gregory, author of Normal Women

In this moving and revelatory book, Anthony Delaney gives a voice to women and men whose lives have been written out of history. At heart, Queer Georgians is about the triumph of love in adversity.

Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five and Story of a Murder

Fascinating, exciting, vivid with stories, and scrupulously researched, the brilliant Queer Georgians tells us so much about the period and so many lives. Anthony Delaney has combed the archives, explored the sources and created a superb book that brings the Georgian world to life and all its secret lives. Wonderful.

Professor Kate Williams, author of Rival Queens

Anthony Delaney is a superb public historian, words drop off his tongue and flow from his pen with a fluency that is the envy of us all.

Dan Snow, broadcaster and author of Death or Victory

A rare combination of bold ideas, rigorous archival research, and a personal voice, Queer Georgians introduces us to a fascinating range of characters.

Emma Donoghue, author of Room and Passions Between Women

Anthony Delaney's research is sharp, his prose so elegant, and the result is a deeply thoughtful reimagining of the Georgian world... Flawless.

Dr Owen Emmerson, Historical Consultant on Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light (BBC)

An illuminating, deeply researched and deeply felt account of many remarkable lives. Anthony Delaney writes of love in every part of Georgian society - from royal residences to red-light districts - with sensitivity, wit, and learning. This is a fascinating book.

Gareth Russell, author of Queen James and The Palace

In Anthony Delaney’s Queer Georgians, the queer histories of the Georgians are reexamined through a diverse character cast and across a sweeping stage – from lavish aristocratic seats to torrid London prisons – that makes for a compulsive read. Delaney’s book offers a timely window onto a side of Georgian society that is all too rarely seen.

Emily Hauser, author of Mythica