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LGBTQ+ histories and identities come out of the National Trust's properties in these touching, poignant and revealing stories.
National Trust houses and landscapes might seem to embody conventional family values, but for generations some very different stories were hidden away. These belong to owners now considered queer for defying the norms of sexual orientation or gender identity - sometimes blatantly, occasionally as open secrets, but most often very discreetly.
Michael Hall explores not only the best-known examples of sexual difference, such as Lawrence of Arabia at Clouds Hill, Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst and the 'Dancing Marquess' at Plas Newydd; he also covers more recently unveiled stories, such as the lesbian community at Smallhythe and the homosexual scandals associated with Clumber. Then there were the quietly confirmed bachelors, keen to pass their properties and collections to the Trust for posterity...
These stories are set against the queer history of the National Trust itself, such as its foundation in 1895 against the backdrop of Oscar Wilde's trials; hidden queer influences within the Trust in its early days; and the role of homophobia in its reorganisation in the 1960s.
Contents
Introduction - the book's approach
1. The creation of the Trust, its ideals and their relationship to issues of queer identity
2. Octavia Hill
3. Buildings: Philip Webb, C.R. Ashbee and the Arts and Crafts Movement
4. Landscapes: E.M. Forster, Piney Copse, Figsbury Ring and Wenlock Edge
5. Kingston Lacy and Studland: William Bankes
6. Clumber: The Pelham-Clintons
7. Knole: Vita Sackville-West and Eddy Sackville-West
8. Sissinghurst: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
9. Smallhythe Place and Priest's House: Edith Craig, Tony Attwood and Christopher St John
10. Lamb House, Rye: Henry James and E.F. Benson
11. Clouds Hill: T.E. Lawrence
12. Plas Newydd: the Dancing Marquess, Lady Caroline Paget and Rex Whistler
13. Bachelors: focusing on Lord Fairhaven at Anglesey Abbey, Gavin Henderson at Buscot, Ralph Dutton at Hinton Ampner and Patrick Gwynne at Homewood.
Conclusion: James Lees Milne, the country-house scheme and the modernisation of the National Trust
