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Review – A History of Booksellers and the Bookshop

Posted August 23, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review – A History of Booksellers and the Bookshop

A History of Booksellers and the Bookshop

by Jean-Yves Mollier, George Miller (translator)

Genres: History, Non-fiction
Pages: 320
Rating: three-stars
Synopsis:

A fascinating exploration of the role of the bookseller through the ages.

Across the world and from antiquity to the present day, men and women have enabled authors to disseminate their ideas and knowledge, helping readers to become enriched by their words. Over the centuries, a profession was invented – the bookseller – a role forever renewing to adapt to an ever-changing world.

It is this history of booksellers and bookstores that is traced here. Historian Jean-Yves Mollier guides us through the mysteries of a vital cultural industry that has been at the crossroads between the world of ideas and that of the economy. It is a homage to all booksellers and a book for all book lovers that investigates the twists and turns through time that have led the book into the hands of its reader.

Translated from the French by George Miller.

Jean-Yves Mollier’s A History of Booksellers and the Bookshop is a work in translation from French, and as such it’s not too surprising that it focuses on French bookselling, though I didn’t feel like the blurb on my copy really made that clear. Not that I mind learning more about France and French bookselling, but I’d expected a bit more breadth, rather than just short references to other countries. (Some of which seemed wildly wrong or perhaps mistranslated, like a suggestion that the UK doesn’t really have independent bookshops. Did it just mean in comparison to France, and if so… would it have helped to use some figures here?)

Anyway, it was interesting to read this at the same time as A.J. West’s How Queer Bookshops Changed the World, because they did sometimes mention the same people and events, though it was interesting that Mollier didn’t even allude to the fact that Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier were lesbians and in a relationship, for instance. This was actually important to their work as booksellers!

Overall, I found it a little dry, and the section on modern bookshops felt rushed in comparison to earlier chapters, but it was interesting all the same. If you’re interested in a more general history, well… this one does talk about trends and issues that affected other countries, but almost all from a French perspective, so it probably isn’t what you’re looking for.

I’m a bit torn on rating this, because it wasn’t what I’d hoped for, but that doesn’t make it a bad book. I think someone looking for a French history of bookshops would probably rate it higher, but I do always rate on enjoyment (and not on objective measures, even if objective facts play a part), so… here we are.

Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)

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Review – The Queer Thing About Sin

Posted August 18, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – The Queer Thing About Sin

The Queer Thing About Sin: Why the West Came to Hate Queer Love

by Harry Tanner

Genres: History, Non-fiction
Pages: 288
Rating: three-stars
Synopsis:

A gripping new journey through ancient history, uncovering the origins of homophobia and the untold stories of those who dared to love.

In the early days of ancient Greece, queer love was celebrated. The most famous warrior in antiquity loved another man, the poet whose lyrics were memorised by philosophers and kings sang of her desire for women. Men could swear oaths of undying love and live out the rest of their lives together in peace. What fragments survive of this ancient world all tell us one thing: it was not a sin to be queer.

In this extraordinary book, Harry Tanner sets out on a journey to discover the origins of homophobia in the West. From the rise of belligerent tyrants to civil unrest and the birth of radical new philosophies, Tanner follows the traces of this sinister idea as it swept across the ancient Mediterranean. Wherever he discovers the roots of homophobia taking hold, from ancient Judea to imperial Rome, Tanner finds a confluence of crises mirrored across the centuries. Inequality, fear and an obsession with self-control - this is how societies turn on their queer citizens, time and time again, since the dawn of history.

This is a powerful story that draws on the rich world of the ancients to reveal how homophobia infected Western religion and ideology - the consequences of which we are still living with today - and to that end how we can move forward and resist homophobia in the future.

Harry Tanner’s The Queer Thing About Sin traces the origins of homophobia in the modern world, going back to the classical world and ancient Mesopotamia to look for the roots of it, as well as for toleration and queer joy. What he finds is a mixed bag, not always supporting the picture we have of the ancient world (for instance, the older man/younger man mentor pairing is less a thing than people think).

He puts forward a theory: homophobia rises at times of greater economic inequality. He touches on this theme regularly, taking it as read by the end, and I think he’s fairly convincing that the correlation exists, though I’d like to see more examples, any counterexamples, and have a good think about potential confounding factors, to make it a fully fleshed-out argument.

I think the book is strongest when it discusses the Greek and Roman world, though I think it does at times get a little sidetracked into trying to figure out specific figures’ sexualities and thoughts on queerness. Sometimes that’s somewhat justified (Plato is massive in Western thought, and understanding where he came from is a reasonable aim) but could use being maybe a bit more clearly signalled as such, because some of the figures he discusses are significantly less key.

That said… the author was raised within evangelical Christianity and that definitely flavours the book, from the attitude toward and understanding of Jewish religion to the way that he seems to treat everything as leading up to Christianity (one gets the hint when he refers to the “Old Testament” when discussing the Torah). To say that Judaism as a religion has difficulty with ambiguities and questioning seems a bit weird and… honestly, like someone regurgitating someone else’s talking points without doing any research or thinking of their own. Judaism famously asks a lot of questions and examines its own ambiguities in a thorough and scholarly tradition.

There are some interesting comments on translations, but the ex-evangelical slant is really clear in these sections of the book — and it utterly fails to engage with Islam (or frankly any other religions), which I think would actually have been helpful if the purpose was really to discuss why “the West” has a problem with queerness.

Part if it may be the limits of a fairly slim book (200 pages of actual text), but I think it ought to have been significantly expanded to be really worthwhile. I think it likely the author bit off more than he could chew, having started just wanting to talk about why modern evangelical Christianity is often anti-queer, for deeply personal reasons.

It was still an interesting read, just flawed.

Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)

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Review – 100 Unforgettable Dresses

Posted August 12, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review – 100 Unforgettable Dresses

100 Unforgettable Dresses

by Hal Rubenstein

Genres: Fashion, History, Non-fiction
Pages: 208
Rating: two-stars
Synopsis:

A must for all fashion enthusiasts, movie buffs, and celebrity watchers, 100 Unforgettable Dresses showcases the behind-the-scenes stories of the most memorable, influential dresses from the worlds of fashion, film, television, society, and politics. In this lavishly illustrated style compendium, InStyle magazine fashion director Hal Rubenstein reveals the fascinating origins and legacies of the most stunning dresses ever created. Perfect for backstage story snoops, gossip lovers, die-hard shoppers, and pop culture mavens who can't get enough of these indelible, once-in-a-lifetime creations, 100 Unforgettable Dresses will change the way you think about couture forever.

Hal Rubenstein’s 100 Unforgettable Dresses is probably really lovely to look at in print — I read it in ebook, though on a colour ereader, so the colours were somewhat muted and the images were small, but it was still good to get a look at the items discussed. Sometimes I could’ve used alternate angles, personally, because… well… I had forgotten those dresses and all the details thereof.

I think Rubenstein’s interest doesn’t quite align with mine here, which made this not quite the book for me. I’m interested in fashion history for what clothes and fashion tell us about people, where I think he’s more interested in design for the sake of design. At times that’s a subtle difference, because design does also tell us a lot about purpose, and there were definitely things I found interesting, but it wasn’t always 100% aligned with what I wanted to know. As a gallery of impactful dresses, it’s not a bad book, to be clear.

I did feel a little uncomfortable with the way Rubenstein described some of the dresses, though. There were times when it was almost sexual, where dresses were described as caressing women’s bodies… and there were also several moments about how every woman wants to look beautiful, every woman wants to wear a beautiful dress, etc, that just aren’t true and are annoying.

Overall, not the best of its kind, but I did enjoy some of the reflections on the dresses, and appreciated that he was honest about how silly Princess Diana’s wedding dress looked if you stop to divorce it from that fairytale moment. I know fashions change, and there were lovely things about it, but it drowned her and she didn’t seem comfortable in it.

Rating: 2/5 (“it was okay”)

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Review – Dressing the Queen

Posted August 9, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 8 Comments

Review – Dressing the Queen

Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and Monarchy

by Kate Strasdin

Genres: Fashion, History, Non-fiction
Pages: 328
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

The hidden story of the people who designed, sewed, stitched and steamed the clothes of Britain's queens, from Victoria to the present day.

From tours and walkabouts to the dazzling spectacle of a wedding or Coronation, the clothes worn by royal women have always been a fascination. Starting with Queen Victoria and moving to the modern Elizabethan age, DRESSING THE QUEEN shows the incredible craftmanship and painstaking effort that go into the making of what is known as the ‘Royal Wardrobe’, from handmade boots to Crown Jewels; country tweeds to delicate stockings.

Dress historian Kate Strasdin reveals a tribe of previously unsung women and men. Some may be more renowned – such as designer Norman Hartnell or suitcase-maker Louis Vuitton – but most are ordinary, highly talented working people from across the British Isles. From rural straw plaiters to wartime coat-makers and refugee glovers, their skilled labour is a vital part of our country’s history.

As we see modern princesses sally forth in fantastically arranged ensembles, we can think again of the vanishing trades that once employed millions – and still remain integral to royal life today.

Kate Strasdin’s Dressing the Queen is not about the fashions royal women have worn, per se, or even their personal styles — though inevitably it does reflect on that somewhat. Instead, it’s very much as the subtitle suggests: “Two Hundred Years of Makers and Monarchy”, with heavy emphasis on the makers. Strasdin attempts to figure out the craftspeople behind royalty’s clothes: not just the designers, or the heads of companies, though she discusses them, but also the people who did the stitching and fitting, who knitted the stockings, and even made the luggage used to transport it all. We also get a peek at laundering, repairing and managing all those clothes.

There were loads of little snippets that I loved learning about: the rushed order for a funeral pall, completed in 28 hours by a rotating group of women who swapped in and out as needed; the dress designed to hang beautifully on the changing body of Queen Alexandra as she developed curvature of the spine, the story only really considered now when dressing mannequins in her clothes to display them and finding that the fit seems outright bad.

It steers away from anything too jingoistic about the royal family, focusing very much on the stories of those who served them, though it isn’t outright critical either (and tends to focus on how warm and human several members of the royal family were with tradespeople)… so I didn’t find it too annoying, despite not being a royal fan. I thought it was important and lovely to unearth these people, some of whom Strasdin finds photographs or videos of, and put stories and names to the faces.

Sometimes it’s hampered a bit by silence, either due to something just being too commonplace (stockings) or too intimate (corsets and underwear) for much to have made it into the meticulous records of the royal family. Still, Strasdin does a good job of speculating and drawing out the details that she can.

All in all, I found it very enjoyable!

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – A History of the World in 50 Pieces

Posted July 31, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – A History of the World in 50 Pieces

A History of the World in 50 Pieces: The Classical Music That Shapes Us

by Tom Service

Genres: History, Non-fiction
Pages: 310
Rating: three-stars
Synopsis:

Explore how music has changed our world through 50 pieces across classical, folk and world traditions with BBC presenter Tom Service, in this official Radio 3 compendium.

Music transports us and defines us. As a form of expression, it has been passed down through oral tradition, musical notation and recordings in a chain of connection that spans the globe, across the millennia. A History of the World in 50 Pieces follows that chain, collating 50 pieces of classical music that reflect our changing politics, social structures and technological development, and how composers, musicians and listeners have shaped those currents of history.

From Bach to Beethoven, Songlines to Saariaho, Hildegard of Bingen to the Happy Birthday song, Tom Service offers a fresh take on pieces that many of us think we know, and many more we might not. With each short, sharp analysis, he expands the typical canon and tests the boundaries of what we understand to be ‘classical music’ – or even music at all, such as the sounds of the earth’s rotation, and the songs of humpback whales.

Tom Service’s A History of the World in 50 Pieces is not as focused on the history part as I’d like: we do glimpse bits and pieces of history (predominantly but not always music history), but there are no references at all other than a list of sources for direct quotations, so a lot of it runs on “trust me, bro”.

There were definitely snippets of history discussed and revealed (I need to read more about Shostakovich now!) but… each section is really short, some barely four pages, so it doesn’t lend itself to much depth and detail.

What it did do was make me curious about each piece and really want to listen to them. Service’s enthusiasm for the songs is lovely, and his educated understanding of them really helps. I wish there was a playlist or something to easily listen to recommended versions, but so far I didn’t find one.

Overall, a fun read and one which gave me food for thought, but not ideal as a history per se.

Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)

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Review – William Tyndale and the English Language

Posted July 26, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – William Tyndale and the English Language

William Tyndale and the English Language

by David Crystal

Genres: History, Linguistics, Non-fiction
Pages: 242
Rating: two-stars
Synopsis:

‘Dearly beloved’, ‘say the word’, ‘the powers that be’, ‘for ever and ever’ – these familiar phrases and many more were set down in print for the first time by William Tyndale. For his groundbreaking English translation of the Bible, he deliberately chose to write in a way that could be understood by the widest possible audience.

In the first half of this pioneering exploration of the extraordinary impact Tyndale’s writing had on the development of the English language, David Crystal provides an analysis of his prose style, demonstrating its character as a novel genre of ‘written speech’, and bringing to light the remarkable number of cases where Tyndale is the first recorded user of a word or phrase in English. He also draws attention to the hitherto unrecognised role of Tyndale as an early lexicographer. The second half of the book is a linguistic detective story, devising an innovative lexical and grammatical metric to investigate the often-stated claim that eighty per cent of later biblical translations display Tyndale’s influence.

The result is a fascinating exploration of the work of the Father of the English Bible.

David Crystal’s William Tyndale and the English Language basically wants to examine the premise that William Tyndale had, via the King James Bible, a huge influence on modern English. In aid of that, there’s a lot of analysis of the words and phrases Tyndale uses, and then Crystal works out a way to compare Tyndale’s translations to the King James Bible in order to determine the level of influence.

Apparently there had been past work on this, but Crystal seems to have found this unsatisfying/wanted to put it to the proof, because he tries to reverse engineer the conclusion and then come up with his own ways of making the comparison.

I found the first few chapters quite interesting, but after that I kind of tailed off: the point felt made, and I didn’t have the interest in the point-by-point comparisons, or the dozens-to-hundreds of examples about Tyndale’s language choices in his translations and commentaries.

It’s probably a great read if you’re more into the results of the investigation, but I ran out of stamina for the facts and figures and started skimming once I caught the gist of each chapter.

Rating: 2/5 (“it was okay”)

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Review – How To Kill A Language

Posted July 19, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 7 Comments

Review – How To Kill A Language

How to Kill a Language

by Sophia Smith Galer

Genres: History, Non-fiction, Science, Linguistics
Pages: 272
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

As Sophia Smith Galer’s Nonna lay dying, she realised it wasn’t just a beloved grandmother she was losing – it was the language she spoke, too. From Northern Italy, she spoke a dialët that Sophia, like so many children and grandchildren of migrants, can understand but can’t speak. With the death of the language, Sophia would lose a culture, a history, an inheritance – a whole world.

This tragedy reaches far beyond her family. Globally we are witnessing an unprecedented mass extinction event. By the end of this century half of the world’s 7000 languages will be gone, killed by war, climate breakdown, migration, nationalism or neglect, along with the vital knowledge that they have sustained for centuries.

Smith Galer has journeyed across continents and generations to report from this disappearing world. From Ghana to Greece, Ecuador to Oman, California to the UK, she meets people experiencing this loss at first hand – but also campaigners and linguists who prove that a multilingual future is still possible. Her travels ultimately lead her back to where she began: to Italy, and the tiny mountainside village where the church bells still ring out for her Nonna.

How to Kill a Language is a vital investigation into a hidden global crisis, and a call to speak, read and write the languages of our world, before it’s too late.

Sophia Smith Galer’s How to Kill a Language digs into various language examples to discuss “linguicide”, which encompasses both deliberate/official attempts to suppress a language, and de facto suppression of a language via neglect and heavy pushing of a lingua franca. She chooses various languages to illustrate her points, including her own family’s language (of Italian origin), Ladino, Ukrainian, Dagbani, Kichwa, Hebrew, and more.

The language which haunts the whole book but never gets a chapter of its own is Welsh, which obviously I have feelings about. It’s referenced multiple times, and sometimes when it’s not referenced it’s glaring: there’s no reference to Brad y Llyfrau Gleision or the Welsh Not, and it’s only in the afterword that it gets discussed at any length at all — despite the fact that it exemplifies several of the themes she discusses.

Obviously, Welsh is my own particular axe to grind: I can hardly speak a word of it, beyond “good morning”, “thank you”, “I like books” (thanks to Duolingo, dw i’n hoffi llyfrau) and counting to ten. Even had my parents spoken Welsh, which they don’t, it simply wasn’t an option for me to learn in school due to growing up in England. Even when I went to university in Wales, I’d hear disdain for the Welsh language far too often. So the fact that Sophia Smith Galer doesn’t dedicate much time to it cuts at me when I can see how it would’ve been perfect, but your mileage will necessarily vary on that: you might feel similar about the omission of discussion of Gaelic or your own ancestral language, or feel that the points are covered by the languages that do merit a chapter…

And that’s fair. Welsh isn’t any more special than other languages; it’s just a certain kind of experience to read this as a non-Welsh speaking Welsh person (sometimes considered by other Welsh people to not really be Welsh because of it) and not have my language represented fully when it’s so vital to me, and I can see the experiences of Welsh people including my own in the issues raised about other languages.

That said, in a way that enhanced reading this book, because I do have a personal understanding of it, and found the topic interesting and vital. Sophia Smith Galer writes clearly and emotively, the depth of her research is clear, and I think it’s overall a great book — if sometimes a sad one.

It seems apropos to close here with the words of Dafydd Iwan: Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, ry‘n ni yma o hyd.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries

Posted July 2, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries

Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries

by Stephanie Boonstra, Campbell Price

Genres: History, Non-fiction
Pages: 236
Rating: three-stars
Synopsis:

This book presents the unique history of ancient Egypt through 50 artefacts discovered during excavations of the EES since its founding in 1882. They are brought together in this beautifully illustrated volume from global museums: from major collections as well as those that are a little less known. Readers will travel through three millennia of Egypt’s history from the Early Dynastic to the end of the Graeco-Roman Period uncovering the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians by investigating everyday items, as well as the elite objects of the ruling classes. 90 illustrations.

Alongside these artefacts, further topics are unpacked relating to the history of Egypt and Egyptology as well as those characters that have played a role in the ‘discovery’ of ancient Egypt.

Each object entry is written by an expert in their field. Contributions include several items from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Metropolitan Museum in New York as well as the University Museum of Kyoto, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, and Bolton Museum.

Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries is nominally written by Stephanie Boonstra and Campbell Price, but they also acted as editors, gathering together a bunch of contributions from others associated with the Egypt Exploration Society.

As a result, though it’s a lovely volume with some good (full-colour) photographs of various finds, it has a somewhat disjointed feel; there are extra sections with info that repeats from the main objects and vice versa, and it doesn’t quite feel like a cohesive narrative. Some of the objects are related to each other, but most stand alone, and I think it could’ve benefited by being a bit more drawn together.

Still, there are some good photos and good choices of object, and they make a good point about the later periods being less interesting to archaeologists and treated as a “decline”, while still actually producing amazing monuments equal in quality to before. It’s a bias that comes out of the fascination with a particular period of ancient Egypt, and isn’t necessarily the full truth.

As someone who knows a fair bit about ancient Egypt, a lot of the extra info wasn’t necessary for me — but would definitely help orient someone who knows less about it.

Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)

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Review – 20th-Century Fashion in Detail

Posted June 24, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – 20th-Century Fashion in Detail

20th Century Fashion in Detail

by Claire Wilcox, Valerie D. Mendes

Genres: Fashion, History, Non-fiction
Pages: 224
Series: Fashion in Detail
Rating: three-stars
Synopsis:

20th-Century Fashion in Detail reveals the elaborate embroidery, intricate pleats, and daring cuts that make up some of the most beautiful garments in the twentieth- century fashion collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, one of the world's top fashion and design museums. Authors Claire Wilcox and Valerie D. Mendes, leading fashion experts from the V&A, have written a book that will be an invaluable resource for students, collectors, and designers.

Including exquisite haute-couture pieces, from sequined Chanel ensembles to embellished Dior evening gowns, this revised and expanded edition features more than 30 new garments. Each piece is accompanied by detail photography and line drawings showing its complete construction. An extraordinary exploration of the techniques used by couturiers, 20th-Century Fashion in Detail will delight all followers of fashion.

Claire Wilcox and Valerie D. Mendes’ 20th-Century Fashion in Detail is a pretty good volume, with lots of detail. It’s not a period I’m super interested in for fashion, though I do like the designs of e.g. Madeleine Vionnet (felt surprised/sad there was only one of her items in here and definitely not a favourite of mine), but the volume’s a good one all the same, going through various types of detailing and cut in themed chapters.

As ever, I quibble about the fact that there’s no full-length picture for a lot of the garments. I know the point is to see the details, but sometimes it’s hard to understand what you’re seeing without the full image, even with the line-drawings that are included. It’s especially difficult if you’re non-visual like me, but I think it would be helpful for any reader, honestly.

Lovely photographs and some astounding details, good explanations thereof, and the line drawings are helpful — it’s a good volume, as usual for this series.

Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)

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Review – Queer Georgians

Posted June 18, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review – Queer Georgians

Queer Georgians: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers and Homemakers

by Anthony Delaney

Genres: History, Non-fiction
Pages: 352
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

In this dazzling work of restorative history, Dr Anthony Delaney has traced the stories of people daring to challenge society's 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.

The celebrated Chevalier d'Éon, 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.

Mother Clap's 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.

Anthony Delaney’s Queer Georgians sets out to tell the stories of various Georgian people who in various ways managed to live and love in an environment not friendly to queer experiences. Sometimes these stories aren’t what you might expect, where the people in question — the Chevalier d’Éon and Anne Lister, for instance — have become well known (at least in queer communities) and have had a narrative built up around them.

Some of that’s uncomfortable: Anne Lister was deeply manipulative, out to get control of her partner’s money, and by her own words she sometimes loathed Ann Walker in that process. The Chevalier d’Éon is far from a non-binary icon who slipped between male and female dress as pleased them, but rather someone whose gender presentation was forced upon them, sometimes to their distress. (I’m using neutral pronouns as it isn’t clear to me what they would have finally preferred if they had had any choices left, and I can’t exactly ask.)

Some of it is just sad, or sordid, too. But it all adds up to a world that was queerer than we sometimes think, in which queer people found ways to live authentically and get what they needed, and through their words and other evidence about them it becomes obvious that (though it shouldn’t be any surprise) there have always been queer people, trans people included.

I enjoyed it a fair bit, and though I didn’t check the endnotes myself (it’s just not my area at all), the author is forthright about sources and interpretations, and clearly did his own digging into the evidence in order to celebrate the truth of these queer Georgians. Definitely enjoyed it, even if it sometimes felt sad or uncomfortable. Warts and all, these people have been worth learning about.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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