Wolfskins and Togas: Lesbian and Gay Historical Fiction, 1870 to the Present

by Sarah Waters

After Milford Haven Grammar School, Sarah Ann Waters attended university and earned degrees in English literature. She received a BA from the University of Kent, an MA from Lancaster University, and a PhD from Queen Mary, University of London. Her PhD thesis, entitled Wolfskins and togas : lesbian and gay historical fictions, 1870 to the present,served as inspiration and material for future books.

Genres: Queer, LGBT, Nonfiction, History

296 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Sarah Waters is a British novelist. She is best known for her first novel, Tipping the Velvet, as well the novels that followed, including Affinity, Fingersmith, and The Night Watch.

Waters attended university, earning degrees in English literature. Before writing novels Waters worked as an academic, earning a doctorate and teaching. Waters went directly from her doctoral thesis to her first novel. It was during the process of writing her thesis that she thought she would write a novel; she began as soon as the thesis was complete.