{"product_id":"9781529152074-radical-love","title":"Radical Love","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Neil Blackmore re-imagines an astounding story of gay men in London 200 years ago and under the pain of their betrayal and injustice, he uncovers loyalty and above all, love. I relished every page.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIR IAN MCKELLEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the boldest novelistic explorations of desire I have read in some time.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKEIRAN GODDARD, author of \u003ci\u003eHourglass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An imaginative, layered, clever story that explores male desire in an intolerant time . \u003ci\u003eRadical Love\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Neil Blackmore as one of the most original voices in historical fiction today.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by soaring prices and political tensions. By day, John Church preaches on the radical possibilities of love to a multicultural, working-class congregation in Southwark. But by night, he crosses the river to the secret and glamorous world of a gay molly house on Vere Street, where ordinary men reinvent themselves as funny, flirtatious drag queens and rent boys cavort with labourers and princes alike. There, Church becomes the first minister to offer marriages between men, at enormous risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything changes when Church meets the unworldly and free-thinking Ned, part of a group of African activist abolitionists who attend his chapel. The two bond over their broken childhoods, and Church falls obsessively in love with Ned's tender nature. In a fragile, colourful secret world under threat, Church's love for Ned takes him to the edge of reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the incredible true story of one of the most important events in queer history, \u003ci\u003eRadical Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensuous and prescient story about gender and sexuality, and how the most vulnerable survive in dangerous times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40853417492577,"sku":"9781529152074","price":14.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_14241595_jpg.jpg?v=1710975091","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529152074-radical-love","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}