Matt Cook explores the relationship between London and homosexuality in the period 1885 to 1914.

Matt Cook is Lecturer in Modern British History at Keele University.

Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on terminology; Introduction; 1. London and the cities of the plain; 2. The grossly indecent city; 3. The inverted city; 4. The decadent city; 5. The Hellenic city; Epilogue: public spaces/private lives.