This is a very attractive book -- felicitously written with an impeccable and subtle understanding of the history and a clear eye for the artworks. There is much that is new and original here, and even the well-known 'suspects' are discussed with insight, thoughtfulness and wit. -- Robert Aldrich, University of Sydney, and author of Gay Life Stories A Little Gay History succeeds in a whirlwind tour of the history of representation of same-sex desire through a wide-ranging series of snap-shots of art and literature from ancient Persia to the Roman Empire to Medieval Europe to modern day Britain. It is both entertaining and enlightening. -- Michael Bronski, Harvard University, and author of A Queer History of the United States

R. B. Parkinson, a curator of ancient Egyptian culture at the British Museum, is internationally recognized as a specialist in ancient Egyptian poetry. His other publications include Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings; The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940--1640 B.C.; and Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt: A Dark Side to Perfection.

PrefaceIntroduction: 'A Great Unrecorded History'Glimpses of a HistoryEpilogue: (Re-)Writing HistoriesFurther ResourcesSuggested General ReadingSources for QuotationsImage Credits