A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain

by Simon Goldhill

Book Overview

"We can begin with a kiss, though this will not turn out to be a love story, at least not a love story of anything like the usual kind."

So begins A Very Queer Family Indeed, which introduces us to the extraordinary Benson family. Edward White Benson became Archbishop of Canterbury at the height of Queen Victoria's reign, while his wife, Mary, was renowned for her wit and charm--the prime minister once wondered whether she was "the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022639378X
• ISBN13: 9780226393780
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"