Gaveston (Gay Men's Press Collection)

by Chris Hunt

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A brilliant retelling of a true medieval tale that has entered gay mythology."What Hunt has done is no less than the finest of literature: creating myth, in its most powerful form, whose vision enriches us" -- John Preston

"Chris Hunt has carved out a comfortable niche as the author of highly readable historical epics set against a well-researched background" -- Gay times, London

"First of all, let it be set down that Piers Gaveston was the most beautiful creation on God's earth, and if it had not been so, his joys and his pains would have been in proportion the less. Set it down that Gaveston had eyes as green as emeralds, and a smile that dazzled like the sun..". And so Edward II begins the famous tale of his excellent Gaveston. They were young lovers blinded by dreams of Camelot and knights in shining armor, but caught in a web of courtly jealousy and prejudice that eventually destroyed them both. Their story has inspired writers and dramatists from Christopher Marlowe to Derek Jarman, and is recreated here in Chris Hunt's inimitable and well-researched style.
  • ISBN10 0854492623
  • ISBN13 9780854492626
  • Publish Date 20 October 1998 (first published 24 September 1992)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 28 December 2023
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Millivres-Prowler Group Ltd
  • Imprint Gay Men's Press
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 326
  • Language English