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Les Libertins d'Anvers

Légende et Histoire des Loïstes

by Georges Eekhoud

Historical fictionLGBTQ fiction before Stonewall

Set in the 16th century, it follows the story of the roofer Éloi Pruystinck -called Loïet le Couvreur- prophet of an anarchic movement, which constitutes the center of the Antwerp Libertines, nicknamed Loïstes. This historical novel contains notions of homosexuality.

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Book data: Open Library