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Eunuch

The term eunuch generally refers to a man who has been castrated, typically early enough in his life for this change to have major hormonal consequences. In Latin, the words eunuchus, spado, and castratus were used to denote eunuchs.

Eunuch Books

Cry to Heaven
His Majesty's Concubine: The Prince's Eunuch
The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1)
Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kinds (Ernest Bloch Lectures) (Volume 16)
Sword Dance (Sword Dance, #1)
Historical Fantasy Bundle: (The Imperial Harem Girl, Sex Life of an Ottoman Eunuch, Princess Penelope's Island)
The Modern Castrato: Gaetano Guadagni and the Coming of a New Operatic Age
The Castrato and His Wife
The World of the Castrati: The History of an Extraordinary Operatic Phenomenon
Nightingale
Angels and Monsters: Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera
Castration
The Late Baroque Era: From the 1680s to 1740 (MUSIC AND SOCIETY)
Eighteenth-Century Diaspora of Italian Music and Musicians (Speculum musicae, v. 8)
Italy's Eighteenth Century: Gender and Culture in the Age of the Grand Tour
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New Science by Giambattista VicoBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstAcqua e olio by Anna GraciottiCount Girolamo Lucchini by Patrizio PatriziMonteverdi's Voices by Tim Carter
Early Modern Italy (1600-1800)
56 books — 7 voters
Cry to Heaven by Anne RiceThe Bells by Richard HarvellInterrupted Aria by Beverle Graves MyersPainted Veil by Beverle Graves MyersThe Iron Tongue of Midnight by Beverle Graves Myers
Books about Castrati
74 books — 15 voters

Cry to Heaven by Anne RiceNot a Man by M.A. McRaeThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultSoulless by T. BagginsEvensong's Heir by L.S. Baird
Best Eunuch Stories
56 books — 27 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Eunuch”

E.M. Forster
“ You could call your cousin a shit if you liked, but not an eunuch. Rotten style! ”
― E.M. Forster, Maurice
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Robert Kirkman
“ I'm about as useful as a fingerless eunuch during Fuck Fest February! someone give me a gun! ...more ”
― Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Vol. 27: The Whisperer War
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Groups Tagged "Eunuch"

Q&A with Stephan Clark ...February 15, 2012 to March 16, 2012...
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