The Legend Of Pope Joan, Part 1. Frankia by Rachel Dax
When thirteen-year-old Joan, having gone past the age of schooling for girls, is banned from studying theology, she is devastated. Determined to be a scholar and unable to submit to the expectations for her sex, Joan transforms herself into a boy, aided by her best friend Michael and a flamboyant entertainer, Amadeus Reichenbach. Together, the trio embarks on a journey from Eastern Frankia to Athens where Joan and Michael intend to train as priests. But the road ahead is beset with unexpected challenges, including Joan’s burgeoning sexuality. Whether they will all reach their final destination becomes less and less certain.
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After The Night by Rachel Dax
After The Night is a sweeping lesbian love story set in a British prison in 1960. When Nurse Leah Webster begins her first job at a prison hospital, little does she know that her world will be turned upside down by falling in love with Chief Officer Jean MacFarlane. But the course of lesbian love does not always run smoothly and together Leah and Jean have to fight homophobia both within and without the prison walls.
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The Legend Of Pope Joan, Part 2. Athens by Rachel Dax
Joan, now living as a seminarian in Athens, starts to grow up and embrace what it really means to live as a man for good. She works diligently to look, think and ‘feel’ like a male – as simply being a ‘woman in disguise’ would be too dangerous and doomed to fail. Although this process is challenging, her overarching desire to become a scholarly priest appears to be God’s will for her, so the sacrifice of her femininity feels worth it. But when Joan meets a young woman named Thea, every decision she has made thus far is called into question.
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In Isolation – A Short Book Of Long Monologues by Rachel Dax
A suite of monologues recounting the life stories of four British octogenarian women from very different backgrounds. Each monologue explores LGBT experiences, as well as women’s relationships to men and wider society.
Frank and unflinching, In Isolation discusses love, sex, sexuality and gender in a way that both challenges and affirms.
The Legend Of Pope Joan, Part 3. Rome by Rachel Dax
After five years of living in Rome as a scholar, Joan is called to serve as the Archdeacon and Special Advisor to Pope Leo IV. Although she longs for her lost love Thea and the simplicity of her life back in Athens, Joan is increasingly drawn to the epicentre of the Papal Court. When her private fantasy of becoming Pope is presented to her as a genuine possibility, she is soon faced with stark competition from two shadowy figures – her arch enemy Cardinal Benedict and the oleaginous Cardinal Anastasius who both want the Papal Throne for themselves. Ultimately, however, it is love that proves to be the most dangerous force in Joan’s life.
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