Wendy Moffat Boeken

Set against a backdrop of contemporary issues, this book explores complex themes of identity, belonging, and resilience. The characters navigate personal and societal challenges, revealing their inner struggles and triumphs. With a compelling narrative and rich character development, it invites readers to reflect on their own experiences while engaging with thought-provoking ideas. The story's emotional depth and relevance resonate, making it a significant read for those interested in modern human experiences.

Based on exclusive access to E. M. Forster's previously restricted diaries at King's College, Cambridge, this scrupulously researched and sensitively written biography is the first to put the fact that he was homosexual back at the heart of his story.

A REVELATORY LOOK AT THE INTIMATE LIFE OF THE GREAT AUTHOR—AND HOW IT SHAPED HIS MOST BE LOVED WORKS With the posthumous publication of his long-suppressed novel Maurice in 1970, E. M. Forster came out as a homosexual— though that revelation made barely a ripple in his literary reputation. As Wendy Moffat persuasively argues in A Great Unrecorded History, Forster’s homosexuality was the central fact of his life. Between Wilde’s imprisonment and the Stonewall riots, Forster led a long, strange, and imaginative life as a gay man. He preserved a vast archive of his private life—a history of gay experience he believed would find its audience in a happier time. A Great Unrecorded History is a biography of the heart. Moffat’s decade of detective work—including first-time interviews with Forster’s friends—has resulted in the first book to integrate Forster’s public and private lives. Seeing his life through the lens of his sexuality offers us a radically new view—revealing his astuteness as a social critic, his political bravery, and his prophetic vision of gay intimacy. A Great Unrecorded History invites us to see Forster— and modern gay history—from a completely new angle.