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Historical Romance and the Arundel Tomb
The Arundel Tomb is a stone monument featuring effigies of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster. It dates back to 1376 and is currently housed in Chichester Cathedral, for those curious enough to want to see it. Although an interesting artifact in its own right, today it’s most famous for the Larkin poem it inspired.
I was reminded of the tomb recently while thinking about historical queer romance, and the realities of writing historical queer lives. (more…)