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Gillian Freeman

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

December 05, 1929

Died

February 23, 2019

Website

http://www.valancourtbooks.com/gillian-freeman....

Genre

Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Suspense

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Born in London, daughter of Dr. Jack Freeman and his wife, she graduated in English Language and Literature from the University of Reading in 1951. She married Edward Thorpe, novelist and ballet critic of the Evening Standard, in 1955. They have two daughters. One of her best known books was the 1961 novel The Leather Boys (published under the pseudonym Eliot George, a reference to the writer George Eliot), a story of a gay relationship between two young working-class men, later turned into a film for which she wrote the screenplay, this time under her own name. The novel was commissioned by the publisher Anthony Blond, who wanted a story about a "Romeo and Romeo in the South London suburbs". Her non-fiction book The Undergrowth of Literatu ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 210 ratings · 48 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Leader by Gillian Freeman, Alwyn W. Turner (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nazi Lady: The Diaries Of Elisabeth Von Stahlenberg, 1933-1948 by Gillian Freeman, Elisabeth Stahlenberg 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AN EASTER EGG HUNT. 3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Undergrowth of Literature by Gillian Freeman (Author), David Stafford-Clarke (Foreword) 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1967 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liberty Man by Gillian Freeman, Edward Thorpe (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1955 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Schoolgirl Ethic: The Life and Work of Angela Brazil 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marriage Machine liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alabaster Egg 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	But Nobody Lives in Bloomsbury liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ballet Genius (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) by Gillian Freeman, Thorpe Freeman liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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