{"product_id":"gay-century-volume-one-1900-1962","title":"Gay Century: Volume One: 1900-1962","description":"'A Gay Century: Vol 1' is a canter through 60 years of gay history in ten serious or comic playlets.\n\nWilde's deathbed encounter with Queen Victoria; the theft of the Irish crown jewels by a sadomasochistic cabal in Dublin Castle; Compton Mackenzie demanding of the Home Secretary that his own lesbian novel be prosecuted like 'The Well of Loneliness', because he needs the money; matinee idol Ivor Novello sharing a cell in Wandsworth with teenage psycho 'Mad' Frankie Fraser; the Jeremy Thorpe\/Norman Scott affair seen through the eyes of the dogs involved, etc. etc.  A sideways look at our queer past offers vivid vignettes which may or may not be true - and if they're not, they ought to be.","brand":"The Conrad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250333831512,"sku":"9781913567835","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781913567835_0a522a7a-e360-4c41-8345-768bff3831d4.jpg?v=1769644846","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gay-century-volume-one-1900-1962","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}