Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages

by Dan Jones

224 pages, Paperback

Published May 6, 2025

About the author

Dan Jones is a NYT bestselling author and broadcaster. His books, which include The Templars, Henry V, The Plantagenets and Powers & Thrones, have sold more than 2 million copies and are published in 23 languages. He is the author of the Essex Dogs novel trilogy. Dan writes and hosts the popular weekly Sony Music Entertainment podcast This Is History. He has presented dozens of television documentaries, including the popular Netflix series Secrets of Great British Castles, and has executive produced and consulted on a number of films and television shows including Anne Boleyn (Channel 5/Sony Pictures Television) and Knightfall (A+E/History). His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post; for a decade he was a columnist for the London Evening Standard. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and in 2025 was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Historic Royal Palaces.

Reviews

[Gerard Tobin · Rating 4 out of 5]

good in parts. 3.5 stars

[Helia · Rating 3 out of 5]

i liked the different aspects of the characters mentioned but the casual slang Gen Z vocabulary threw me off (as well as the almost cringey description of sexual things sometimes)
it was a cute read and piqued some interest for my own books

[Kelly Luff · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5