About the book
“Crewe draws the life journey of men and women who inspired a new way of understanding life.” Colm Tóibín
Tom Crewe reimagines in his first novel the true story of John Addington, a prestigious academic of Greek history and literature, and Henry Ellis, a promising young scientist.In 1894, they embarked on writing a revolutionary work in which they declared that homosexuality, then a crime, was actually a natural inclination of human sexuality.
John and Henry live in London with their wives, Catherine and Edith, and in each of the marriages there is a third person involved: John has a lover, a working-class man called Frank, and Edith spends as much time with her friend Angelica as she does. with her husband Henry.
The longing for a better future, capable of making room for feelings that were then forbidden, unites John and Henry—both trapped in relationships haunted by guilt and shame—in the writing of this book that will challenge the traditions and customs of the entire world. A time.
They must decide, each in their own way, if they will remain firm in the conviction of bringing the work to light, risking social ostracism and prison sentences, or if they will renounce everything they are and feel in pursuit of their own safety and security. of those they have always loved. Faced with the consequences of their choice, John and Henry, as well as their loved ones, will be forced to ask themselves what price they are willing to pay for a new way of living.
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