2014 in review.... more or less

[reviews_and_ramblings]

So, if I had to do a "review" of 2014, of course it would be my book, Days of Love, and I did wonder... have I ever posted the whole list of couples featured in it? I don't think so, and so, here they are and if you want to read about them... well buy the book!

Anniversaries (as of 2015)

Platinum Anniversary (>70)

Caroline Clement & Mazo de la Roche - from 1886 to 1961: 75
George Forrest & Robert Wright - from 1928 to 1999: 71

Diamond Anniversary (60-69)

Mabel Reed & Mary Ellicott Arnold – from 1894 to 1963: 69
Glenway Wescott & Monroe Wheeler - from 1919 to 1987: 68
John Spofford Morgan & Louis Halsey – since 1947: 68
Alice Morgan Wright & Edith J. Goode - from 1904 to 1970: 66
Bruhs Mero & Gean Harwood - from 1929 to 1995: 66
Frances Witherspoon & Tracy D. Mygatt - from 1908 to 1973: 65
Katharine Hepburn & Laura Harding - from 1930 to 1994: 64
Florence Nightingale & Mary Clarke – from 1837 to 1898: 61
Maurice Grosser & Virgil Thomson - from 1925 to 1986: 61
Arthur Lett-Haines & Cedric Morris - from 1918 to 1978: 60
Doris Fielding Reid & Edith Hamilton - from 1903 to 1963: 60
Eric Marcoux & Eugene Woodworth - from 1953 to 2013: 60
Ethel Mars & Maud Hunt Squire - from 1894 to 1954: 60
Richard Thomas Nolan & Robert C. Pingpank - since 1955: 60

Emerald Anniversary (55-59)

Ethel Collins Dunham & Martha May Eliot - from 1910 to 1969: 59
Nan Mason & Wilna Hervey - from 1920 to 1979: 59
Muriel Inez Crawford & Sarah Aldridge - from 1947 to 2006: 58
Alan Shayne & Norman Sunshine - since 1958: 57
Forman Brown & Richard Brandon - from 1928 to 1985: 57
Edward Field & Neil Derrick - since 1959: 56
Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon - from 1952 to 2008: 56
Janet Flanner & Solita Solano - from 1919 to 1975: 56
Natalie Clifford Barney & Romaine Brooks - from 1914 to 1970: 56
Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä - from 1945 to 2001: 56
Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne – from 1922 to 1977: 55
Chloe Carter & Jean Acker - from 1923 to 1978: 55
Clive Carey & E. J. Dent - from 1902 to 1957: 55
Sir Compton Mackenzie & Faith Stone - from 1905 to 1960: 55
George Kelly & William Weagley - from 1919 to 1974: 55
George Nader & Mark Miller - from 1947 to 2002: 55
Lily Parr & Mary - from 1923 to 1978: 55
Ralph Sylvester & Stathis Orphanos - since 1960: 55

Gold Anniversary (50-54)

Anna Freud & Dorothy Burlingham - from 1925 to 1979: 54
Antony Tudor & Hugh Laing - from 1933 to 1987: 54
Betsy Forster & Laura Gilpin – from 1918 to 1972: 54
Cary Grant & Randolph Scott - from 1932 to 1986: 54
John Hilton & William Campbell – from 1957 to 2011: 54
Mike Kitay & Thom Gunn - from 1952 to 2004: 54
Roy Strickland & William Wynkoop - from 1949 to 2003: 54
Alice Austen & Gertrude Tate - from 1899 to 1952: 53
Beverley Nichols & Cyril Butcher - from 1930 to 1983: 53
Édouard Mayer & Rudolf Brazda - from 1950 to 2003: 53
Gore Vidal & Howard Austen - from 1950 to 2003: 53
Horst P. Horst & Valentine Lawford - from 1938 to 1991: 53
Jack Fontan & Ray Unger - from 1953 to 2006: 53
Nathalie Micas & Rosa Bonheur - from 1836 to 1889: 53
Arthur Laurents & Tom Hatcher - from 1954 to 2006: 52
Gian Carlo Menotti & Samuel Barber - from 1929 to 1981: 52
James Egan & John Norris Nesbit –from 1948 to 2000: 52
Jeannette Augustus Marks & Mary Emma Woolley - from 1895 to 1947: 52
Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler & Honorable Sarah Ponsonby - from 1778 to 1829: 51
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony – from 1851 to 1902: 51
Hardy William Smith & Peter Glenville - from 1945 to 1996: 51
Hilton Edwards & Micheál MacLiammóir - from 1927 to 1978: 51
Jane Bancroft & Joseph Hansen - from 1943 to 1994: 51
Liane de Pougy & Natalie Clifford Barney – from 1899 to 1950: 51
Oskar Seidlin & Richard Plant - from 1933 to 1984: 51
Charles Beach & J.C. Leyendecker - from 1901 to 1951: 50
Christopher Lyall & Kermit Love - from 1958 to 2008: 50
Dorothy "Dickie" Fellowes-Gordon & Elsa Maxwell - from 1913 to 1963: 50
Eugene Glynn & Maurice Sendak - from 1957 to 2007: 50
James McCourt & Vincent Virga - since 1965: 50
Julie Mullard & Mary Renault - from 1933 to 1983: 50
Lillian Wald & Mabel Hyde Kittredge - from 1890 to 1940: 50
Lucy Ann "Joseph" Lobdell & Marie Louise Perry – from 1868 to 1912: 50
Monma Chiyo & Nobuko Yoshiya - from 1923 to 1973: 50
Norman McLaren & Guy Glover - from 1937 to 1987: 50
Otis Bigelow & Thierry Mahe - from 1957 to 2007: 50
Paul Danquah & Peter Pollock – from 1951 to 2001: 50

Sapphire Anniversary (45-49)

Alfred Lynch & James Culliford – from 1953 to 2002: 49
Anne Sullivan & Helen Keller - from 1887 to 1936: 49
Charles de Sousy Ricketts & Charles Hazelwood Shannon - from 1882 to 1931: 49
Claude Cahun & Suzanne Malherbe – from 1909 to 1954: 49
Gerald Murphy & Sara Wiborg - Together from 1915 to 1964: 49
Harold Nicolson & Vita Sackville-West - from 1913 to 1962: 49
José Quintero & Nicholas Tsacrios - from 1950 to 1999: 49
Manoly Lascaris & Patrick White - from 1941 to 1990: 49
Marion Dickerman & Nancy Cook - from 1913 to 1962: 49
Anthony Forwood & Dirk Bogarde - from 1940 to 1988: 48
Christabel Marshall & Edith Craig - from 1899 to 1947: 48
John Cage & Merce Cunningham - from 1944 to 1992: 48
Louise Abbéma & Sarah Bernhardt - from 1875 to 1923: 48
Bertha Vyver & Marie Corelli – from 1876 to 1924: 48
Labi Siffre & Peter Lloyd – from 1964 to 2013: 48
Metastasio & Nicolo Martines - from 1734 to 1782: 48
Tom O’Connor & Victor Bumbalo - since 1967: 48 years
Alexis Rassine & John Lehmann - from 1940 to 1987: 47
Alix Sargant-Florence & James Strachey - from 1920 to 1967: 47
Angela Baddeley & Glen Byam Shaw - from 1929 to 1976: 47
Chris Connor & Lori Muscarelle - from 1962 to 2009: 47
Frances Kellor & Mary Dreier - from 1905 to 1952: 47
Huy Can & Xuan Dieu – from 1938 to 1985: 47
Jimmie Shields & William Haines - from 1926 to 1973: 47
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, & Peter Murphy - from 1919 to 1966: 47
A.E. Housman & Moses Jackson – from 1877 to 1923: 46
Anna Rochester & Grace Hutchins - from 1920 to 1966: 46
Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale - from 1944 to 1990: 46
Axel Axgil & Eigil Axgil - from 1949 to 1995: 46
Barbara Gittings & Kay Tobin - from 1961 to 2007: 46
Caroline Pratt & Helen Marot - from 1894 to 1940: 46
Evelyn Irons & Joy McSweeney - from 1932 to 1978: 46
Gray Foy & Leo Lerman - from 1948 to 1994: 46
Helen Sonthoff & Jane Rule - from 1954 to 2000: 46
Jack Baker & Michael McConnell - since 1969: 46
Louise Boynton & Maude Adams - from 1905 to 1951: 46
Michael Kirby & Johan van Vloten - since 1969: 46
Kerwin Mathews & Tom Nicoll - from 1961 to 2007: 46
Lillian Foster & Mabel Hampton - from 1932 to 1978: 46
Carl Van Vechten & Donald Angus - from 1919 to 1964: 45
David Kermani & John Ashbery – since 1970: 45
David Whitney & Philip Johnson - from 1960 to 2005: 45
Donald Windham & Sandy Campbell - from 1943 to 1988: 45
Emery Shaver & Tom Lyle - from 1919 to 1964: 45
Farley Granger & Robert Calhoun - from 1963 to 2008: 45
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson & Roger Fry - from 1887 to 1932: 45

Ruby Anniversary (40-44)

Aaron Copland & Victor Kraft - from 1932 to 1976: 44
Abby Adeline Manning & Anne Whitney - from 1862 to 1906: 44
Alice Paul & Nina Allender – from 1913 to 1957: 44
Charity Bryant & Sylvia Drake - Together from 1807 to 1851: 44
Dorothy Arzner & Marion Morgan - from 1927 to 1971: 44
Élisabeth de Gramont & Natalie Clifford Barney - from 1910 to 1954: 44
Fred Yerkes & Larry Townsend - from 1962 to 2006: 44
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford & Thomas Gray - from 1727 to 1771: 44
Katharine Cornell & Nancy Hamilton - from 1930 to 1974: 44
Tony Clark & William Emboden – since 1971: 44
Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky - from 1954 to 1997: 43
Alvilde Chaplin & James Lees-Milne - from 1951 to 1994: 43
Bryher & H.D. - from 1918 to 1961: 43
Donald Vining & Richmond Purinton - from 1946 to 1989: 43
Sir Edwin Hardy Amies & Ken Fleetwood - from 1953 to 1996: 43
Florence Yoch & Lucile Council - from 1921 to 1964: 43
John Marshall & Ned Warren - from 1885 to 1928: 43
Lillian Faderman & Phyllis Irwin - since 1972: 43
Geraldine Thompson & Miriam Van Waters - from 1925 to 1967: 42
Grace Frick & Marguerite Yourcenar - from 1937 to 1979: 42
Jesse Shepard & Lawrence Waldemar Tonner - from 1885 to 1927: 42
Libby Holman & Louisa d'Andelot Carpenter - from 1929 to 1971: 42
Michael Hendricks & René Leboeuf - since 1973: 42
Ruby Lucas & Tiny Davis - from 1952 to 1994: 42
Sir Angus Wilson & Tony Garrett - from 1949 to 1991: 42
Agnes E. Wells & Companion - from 1905 to 1946: 41
Alma Lutz & Marguerite Smith - from 1918 to 1959: 41
Bessie Marbury & Elsie de Wolfe - from 1892 to 1933: 41
Connie Kurtz & Ruthie Berman – since 1941: 41
Helen Stephens & Mabel Robbe - from 1941 to 1986: 41
James Amster & Robert Moyer - from 1945 to 1986: 41
Jane Addams & Mary Rozet Smith - from 1893 to 1934: 41
Joseph Gramm & Ron Palillo - from 1971 to 2012: 41
Robert Medley & Rupert Doone - from 1925 to 1966: 41
Alan Bray & Graham Wilson - from 1961 to 2001: 40
Ambrose St. John & John Henry Newman - from 1835 to 1875: 40
Barbara Grier & Donna McBride - from 1971 to 2011: 40
Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears - from 1936 to 1976: 40
Bob Buckingham & E.M. Forster - from 1930 to 1970: 40
C.C. Dasham & Jeb Alexander – from 1925 to 1965: 40
Dennis Heymer & Frankie Howerd - from 1952 to 1992: 40
Gary Berger & Ulysses G. Dietz - since 1975: 40
Guthrie McClintic & Katharine Cornell - from 1921 to 1961: 40
Harry Hay & John Burnside - from 1962 to 2002: 40
L.E.O. Charlton & Tom Wichelo - from 1918 to 1958: 40
Marlon Brando & Wally Cox – from 1933 to 1973: 40

Coral Anniversary (35-39)

Alec McCowen & Geoffrey Burridge - from 1948 to 1987: 39
Alice B. Toklas & Gertrude Stein - from 1907 to 1946: 39
Anne Seymour Damer & Mary Berry - from 1789 to 1928: 39
Edith Lewis & Willa Cather - from 1908 to 1947: 39
Greg Harvey & Larry Duplechan - since 1976: 39
Isabelle McClung & Willa Cather – from 1899 to 1938: 39
Jess Collins & Robert Duncan - from 1949 to 1988: 39
Mabel Dodge Luhan & Tony Luhan - from 1923 to 1962: 39
Paul Alan Fahey & Robert Franks - since 1976: 39
Richard Solomon & Steven Saylor - since 1976: 39
Sylvia Townsend Warner & Valentine Ackland - from 1930 to 1969: 39
Alain Daniélou & Raymond Burnier - from 1930 to 1968: 38
Carrie Chapman Catt & Mary Garrett Hay – from 1890 to 1928: 38
Clara Sipprell & Phyllis Fenner - from 1937 to 1975: 38
Ellen Hart & Kathleen Kruger - since 1977: 38
Gale Wilhelm & Kathleen Huebner - from 1953 to 1991: 38
James Baldwin & Lucien Happersberger - from 1949 to 1987: 38
Sir John Finch & Sir Thomas Baines - from 1642 to 1680: 38
John Gray & Marc-André Raffalovich - from 1896 to 1934: 38
Peter & Murray Corren - from 1971 to 2009: 38
Andrew Neale & Lord Arthur Somerset - from 1889 to 1926: 37
Claire Waldoff & Olga von Roeder - from 1920 to 1957: 37
Edward Carpenter & George Merrill - from 1891 to 1928: 37
Eva Le Gallienne & Marion Evensen - from 1934 to 1971: 37
Godfrey Winn & W. Somerset Maugham – from 1928 to 1965: 37
John Schlesinger & Michael Childers – from 1966 to 2003: 37
Marc Rubin & Peter Fisher - from 1970 to 2007: 37
Richard Summerbell & Ross Fraser - Together since 1978: 37
Adrienne Monnier & Sylvia Beach - from 1919 to 1955: 36
Adrienne Rich & Michelle Cliff – from 1976 to 2012: 36
Anne, Queen of Great Britain & Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough – from 1675 to 1711: 36
Bertram Ross & John Wallowitch - from 1967 to 2003: 36
Christopher Bram & Draper Shreeve - since 1979: 36
Cole Porter & Linda Lee Thomas - from 1918 to 1954: 36
David Horner & Sir Osbert Sitwell - from 1928 to 1964: 36
Eddie Sedarbaum & Howard Cruse - since 1979: 36
Elsie Wood & Mabel Griswold - from 1919 to 1955: 36
Francis & Peter Scott-Morgan – since 1979: 36
Harriet E. Giles & Sophia B. Packard - from 1855 to 1891: 36
Jack Dunphy & Truman Capote - from 1948 to 1984: 36
Jack Fritscher & Mark Hemry - since 1979: 36
Jane Bowles & Paul Bowles - from 1937 to 1973: 36
Sir John Gielgud & Martin Hensler - from 1962 to 1998: 36
Kate Chopin & Kitty Garesche - from 1868 to 1904: 36
Lena Madesin Phillips & Marjory Lacey-Barker - from 1919 to 1955: 36
Richard Harteis & William Meredith - from 1971 to 2007: 36
A. E. Dyson & Cliff Tucker - from 1958 to 1993: 35
Bobbie Andrews & Ivor Novello - from 1916 to 1951: 35
Charles Naylor & Thomas M. Disch - from 1970 to 2005: 35
Edith Emma Cooper & Katherine Harris Bradley - from 1878 to 1913: 35
Dame Edith Sitwell & Helen Rootham - from 1903 to 1938: 35
Frances Power Cobbe & Mary Lloyd - from 1861 to 1896: 35
Gloria Galasso & Miz Patricia - since 1980: 35
Jack Larson & James Bridges - from 1958 to 1993: 35
John Boyle & Oliver Baldwin - from 1923 to 1958: 35
Jon Andersson & Paul Cadmus - from 1964 to 1999: 35
Louise Crane & Victoria Kent - from 1952 to 1987: 35

Pearl Anniversary (30-34)

Andrew Mattison & David McWhirter – from 1971 to 2005: 34
Arch Brown & Bruce Brown - from 1959 to 1993: 34
Chester Kallman & W.H. Auden - from 1939 to 1973: 34
Erik Mortensen & Pierre Balmain - from 1948 to 1982: 34
Erika Mann & W.H. Auden - from 1935 to 1969: 34
John Nojima & W. Dorr Legg - from 1960 to 1994: 34
Alberta Hunter & Lottie Tyler - from 1919 to 1952: 33
Bill Colvig & Lou Harrison - from 1967 to 2000: 33
Bonnie Quesenberry & Fay Jacobs - Together since 1982: 33
Christopher Isherwood & Don Bachardy - from 1953 to 1986: 33
Consuelo Reyes-Calderon & Mabel Vernon - from 1942 to 1975: 33
Dennis McShane & Rich Gordon – since 1982: 33
Florence Converse & Vida Dutton Scudder – from 1919 to 1954: 33
Gary Bowers & Sam Irvin - since 1982: 33
Gary Nixon & Mel White - since 1982: 33
Ivy Compton-Burnett & Margaret Jourdain - from 1918 to 1951: 33
Kathryn Hulme & Marie-Louise Habets - from 1948 to 1981: 33
Matthew White & Thomas Schumacher – since 1982: 33
Rick Elice & Roger Rees – since 1982: 33
Robert Denning & Vincent Fourcade - from 1959 to 1992: 33
Baron Adolph de Meyer & Olga de Meyer - from 1899 to 1931: 32
Bob Ashe & Mark Merlis - Together since 1983: 32
Carl Navarro & Israel David Fishman – from 1974 to 2006: 32
Caroline M. Branson & Maria Louise Pool - from 1866 to 1898: 32
Charles Hulse & Gordon Merrick – from 1956 to 1988: 32
Charlotte Whitton & Margaret Grier - from 1915 to 1947: 32
Chuck Howard & Edward Vaughan - from 1970 to 2012: 32
David Soar & Ronald Magill - from 1965 to 1997: 32
Duncan Grant & Paul Roche - from 1946 to 1978: 32
Lady Eve Balfour & Beryl Hearnden - from 1919 to 1951: 32
Frances Faye & Teri Shepherd - from 1959 to 1991: 32
Gerald Arpino & Robert Joffrey - from 1956 to 1988: 32
Gluck & Edith Shackleton Heald - from 1944 to 1978: 32
Howard Sturgis & William Haynes-Smith - from 1888 to 1920: 32
James Holmes & Ned Rorem - from 1967 to 1999: 32
Milton Owen & Orry-Kelly - from 1932 to 1964: 32
Oreste Pucciani & Rudi Gernreich – from 1953 to 1985: 32
Harper Fox & Jane - since 1986: 31
Kip Dollar & Toby Johnson - since 1984: 31
Malcolm Boyd & Mark Thompson - since 1984: 31
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman & Mary J. Wales - from 1883 to 1914: 31
Algernon Charles Swinburne & Theodore Watts-Dunton – from 1879 to 1909: 30
Annie Cogswell Wood & Irene Leache – from 1870 to 1900: 30
Astolphe de Custine & Edward Saint-Barbe - from 1827 to 1857: 30
Barbara Stanwyck & Helen Ferguson - from 1947 to 1977: 30
Bayard Taylor & George Henry Boker - from 1848 to 1878: 30
Berenice Abbott & Elizabeth McCausland - from 1935 to 1965: 30
Charlie Mitchel & Henry Scott Tuke – from 1899 to 1929: 30
David Jackson & James Merrill - from 1953 to 1983: 30
Elisabeth Irwin & Katharine Anthony - from 1912 to 1942: 30
Ellen Mastroianni & Jean Arthur - from 1961 to 1991: 30
Esther Roper & Eva Gore-Booth - from 1896 to 1926: 30
Francis & Hugh Paddick – from 1970 to 2000: 30
Gerald Haxton & W. Somerset Maugham - from 1914 to 1944: 30
Joe Brainard & Kenward Elmslie – from 1964 to 1994: 30
John Fitzgerald Kennedy & Lem Billings - from 1933 to 1963: 30
Laurence Senelick & Michael McDowell - from 1969 to 1999: 30
Phillip Ray De Blieck & Troy Perry - since 1985: 30
Robert Hunt & Witter Bynner - from 1922 to 1952: 30

Silver Anniversary (25-29)

Andrew Paul Holman & Daniel Pinkham – from 1977 to 2006: 29
Atticus Carr & Peter Weltner – since 1986: 29
Barbara Jordan & Nancy Earl - from 1967 to 1996: 29
Basil Hoskins & Harry Andrews - from 1960 to 1989: 29
Catherine Talbot & Elizabeth Carter - from 1741 to 1770: 29
Ben Zuckerman & Henry Shacter - from 1950 to 1979: 29
Charles Boultenhouse & Parker Tyler - from 1945 to 1974: 29
Christopher Scott & Henry Geldzahler - from 1965 to 1994: 29
Colin Turnbull & Joseph Towles - from 1959 to 1988: 29
Edith Anna Somerville & Violet Florence Martin - from 1886 to 1915: 29
Edith Lees & Havelock Ellis - from 1887 to 1916: 29
Eva Kollisch & Naomi Replansky - since 1986: 29
Gordon Heath & Lee Payant - from 1947 to 1976: 29
Greta Garbo & Mercedes de Acosta - from 1931 to 1960: 29
James Bernard & Ken McGregor - from 1965 to 1994: 29
Leonard Woolf & Virginia Woolf – from 1912 to 1941: 29
Lucy Tait & Mary Benson - from 1889 to 1918: 29
A. Piatt Andrew & Henry Davis Sleeper - from 1906 to 1934: 28
Abraham Lincoln & Joshua Fry Speed – from 1837 to 1865: 28
Alfred Augustin & Hugues Cuénod – from 1982 to 2010: 28
Alix Layman & Dorothy Allison - since 1987: 28
Annie Adams Fields & Sarah Orne Jewett - from 1881 to 1909: 28
David Van Leer & Robert Miles Parker - from 1984 to 2012: 28
Elizabeth Cushier & Emily Blackwell - from 1882 to 1910: 28
Elizabeth Wharton Drexel & Henry Symes Lehr - from 1901 to 1929: 28
Evangeline Whipple & Rose Cleveland - from 1890 to 1918: 28
Fernand Legros & Real Lessard – from 1955 to 1983: 28
Graham Payn & Noël Coward - from 1945 to 1973: 28
Gian Carlo Menotti & Thomas Schippers – from 1949 to 1977: 28
Jaime Flores & Nick Nolan - since 1987: 28
Leonor Fini & Stanislao Lepri - from 1952 to 1980: 28
Katharine Coman & Katharine Lee Bates - from 1887 to 1915: 28
Marcel Proust & Reynaldo Hahn - from 1894 to 1922: 28
Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall & Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge - from 1915 to 1943: 28
Albert Mol & Guerdon Bill - from 1976 to 2003: 27
Alexander the Great & Hephaestion - from 351 BC to 324 BC: 27
Lord Alfred Douglas & Olive Custance - from 1902 to 1929: 27
Barry Brennessel & David Skanderson - since 1988: 27
Charles Nelson Reilly & Patrick Hughes III - from 1980 to 2007: 27
Helen Jacobs & Virginia Gurnee - from 1970 to 1997: 27
James Bernard & Paul Dehn - from 1949 to 1976: 27
Long John Baldry & Oz Rexach - from 1978 to 2005: 27
Margaret Behrens & Thelma Wood - from 1943 to 1970: 27
Selma Lagerlöf & Sophie Elkan - from 1894 to 1921: 27
Timothy Huber & William J. Mann - since 1988: 27
Barbara Macdonald & Cynthia Rich – from 1974 to 2000: 26
Charles Bell & Willard Ching - from 1966 to 1992: 26
Charles Clegg & Lucius Beebe - from 1940 to 1966: 26
Charles Henri Ford & Pavel Tchelitchew - from 1931 to 1957: 26
Craig Bentley & Frank Anthony Polito - since 1989: 26
Denise Restout & Wanda Landowska - from 1933 to 1959: 26
Gerda Wegener & Lili Elbe - from 1904 to 1930: 26
Günter Nöring & Robert Odeman - from 1959 to 1985: 26
Helen Dinsmore Huntington & Vincent Astor - from 1914 to 1940: 26
Howard Greenfield & Tory Damon – from 1960 to 1986: 26
Jane Heap & Margaret Anderson - from 1916 to 1942: 26
Jean Cocteau & Jean Marais - from 1937 to 1963: 26
M. Carey Thomas & Mamie Gwinn - from 1878 to 1904: 26
Margaret Mead & Ruth Benedict - from 1922 to 1948: 26
Peter Doyle & Walt Whitman - from 1866 to 1892: 26
Cherifa & Jane Bowles - from 1948 to 1973: 25
David Maxine & Eric Shanower - since 1990: 25
Dorothy Sander & Joyce Warshow - from 1982 to 2007: 25
Erik Bruhn & Rudolf Nureyev - from 1961 to 1986: 25
Lady Eve Balfour & Kathleen Carnley – from 1951 to 1976: 25
Geraldine Jewsbury & Jane Welsh Carlyle – from 1841 to 1866: 25
Harriet Hosmer & Louisa Caroline Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady Ashburton - from 1878 to 1903: 25
I.A.R. Wylie & Sara Josephine Baker - from 1920 to 1945: 25
James Whitney Fosburgh & Minnie Cushing - from 1953 to 1978: 25
Morris Kight & Roy Zucheran - from 1978 to 2003: 25
Robert Colquhoun & Robert MacBryde - from 1937 to 1962: 25

China Anniversary (20-24)

Algernon Islay de Courcy Lyons & Kenneth Macpherson - from 1947 to 1971: 24
Andrew Kopkind & John Scagliotti - from 1970 to 1994: 24
Elisa Sanchez Loriga & Marcela Gracia Ibeas - from 1880 to 1904: 24
Henry Festing Jones & Samuel Butler - from 1878 to 1902: 24
Al Fischer & Charlie Robin - since 1992: 23
Arthur C. Clarke & Leslie Ekanayake - from 1954 to 1977: 23
Bill T. Jones & Bjorn Amelan – since 1992: 23
Brent Hartinger & Michael Jensen – since 1992: 23
Bruce Cratsley & William Leight - from 1975 to 1998: 23
David Lewis & James Whale - from 1929 to 1952: 23
Delia Sherman & Ellen Kushner - since 1992: 23
Eleanor Roosevelt & Lorena Hickok - from 1939 to 1962: 23
Gary Kalkin & Laurence Mark – from 1972 to 1995: 23
James Broughton & Joel Singer - from 1976 to 1999: 23
Joe Grubb & Peter Bellinger - from 1978 to 2001: 23
Margaret Mead & Rhoda Metraux - from 1955 to 1978: 23
Margaret West & Pola Negri - from 1940 to 1963: 23
Michael Grumley & Robert Ferro - from 1965 to 1988: 23
Mikhail Kuzmin & Yury Yurkun - from 1913 to 1936: 23
Nerina Shute & Phyllis Haylor - from 1958 to 1981: 23
Ryan Field & Tony - since 1992: 23
Carter Lodge & John Van Druten – from 1935 to 1957: 22
Crawford Barton & Larry Lara - from 1971 to 1993: 22
Don Amador & Tony Karnes - from 1970 to 1992: 22
Feral Benga & Geoffrey Gorer - from 1935 to 1957: 22
Grace Bukowski & Johnnie Phelps - from 1975 to 1997: 22
Gregg Smith & Salvatore Sapienza - since 1993: 22
J.P. Bowie & Phil - since 1993: 22
Jeanine Deckers & Annie Pécher - from 1963 to 1985: 22
Alan & Herman Chin - since 1994: 21
Andrew Grey & Dominic - since 1994: 21
Anna Adams Gordon & Frances E. Willard - from 1877 to 1898: 21
Aphra Behn & John Hoyle – from 1668 to 1689: 21
Audre Lorde & Frances Clayton - from 1968 to 1989: 21
Barbara May Cameron & Lynda Boyd - from 1981 to 2002: 21
Charlie Saputo & Mel Odom - since 1994: 21
Hans von Marées & Konrad Fiedler - from 1866 to 1887: 21
Jeffrey Costello & Robert Tagliapietra - since 1994: 21
Kenneth Macpherson & Norman Douglas - from 1931 to 1952: 21
Matthew Bugg & Tobias Oliver - since 1994: 21
Mlle Raucourt & Henriette Simonnot de Ponty - from 1794 to 1815: 21
Arthur Pita & Matthew Bourne - Together since 1995: 20
Bryher & Kenneth Macpherson - from 1927 to 1947: 20
Charles Silverstein & William Bory - from 1973 to 1993: 20
Chicky Finn & Hank Edwards – since 1995: 20
Eda Lord & Sybille Bedford - from 1956 to 1976: 20
Elizabeth Reynard & Virginia Gildersleeve - from 1942 to 1962: 20
F.O. Matthiessen & Russell Cheney - from 1925 to 1945: 20
Freda Du Faur & Muriel Cadogan - from 1909 to 1929: 20
Baron Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen & Nino Cesarini - from 1903 to 1923: 20
Jeff Adams & Will Knauss - since 1995: 20
Kelsey Pharr & Mabel Mercer - from 1941 to 1961: 20

Crystal Anniversary (15-19)

Alice Dunbar Nelson & Robert J. Nelson - from 1916 to 1935: 19
Alice James & Katharine Peabody Loring - from 1873 to 1892: 19
Charlotte Saunders Cushman & Emma Stebbins - from 1857 to 1876: 19
Elsa Gidlow & Isabel Grenfell Quallo - from 1945 to 1964: 19
Erté & Nicolas Ouroussoff - from 1914 to 1933: 19
Gary Edwards & Wade Rouse - since 1996: 19
George Quaintance & Victor Garcia - from 1938 to 1957: 19
Larry Benjamin & Stanley Willauer, Jr. - since 1996: 19
Michael Bronski & Walta Borawski – from 1975 to 1994: 19
Alma Karlin & Thea Schreiber Gammelin - from 1932 to 1950: 18
Prince Edmond de Polignac & Robert de Montesquiou - from 1875 to 1893: 18
Edward FitzGerald & Joseph Fletcher – from 1865 to 1883: 18
Pierre Bergé & Yves Saint Laurent – from 1958 to 1976: 18
Hans Henny Jahnn & Gottlieb Friedrich Harms – from 1913 to 1931: 18
Isabel Miller & Julie Weber – from 1978 to 1996: 18
Kell Hicklin & Scotty Cade – since 1997: 18
Ken O’Neill & Marcus Edward - since 1997: 18
Marty Robinson & Tom Doerr - from 1969 to 1987: 18
Alice Delamar & Eva Le Gallienne – from 1920 to 1937: 17
Anne Harriman & William Kissam Vanderbilt - from 1903 to 1920: 17
Arnie Zane & Bill T. Jones - from 1971 to 1988: 17
Lady Barbara Montague & Sarah Scott - from 1748 to 1765: 17
Charles Michel & Eric Millegan - since 1998: 17
Harold Cheevers & Sir Hugh Walpole - from 1924 to 1941: 17
Violet Trefusis & Vita Sackville-West - from 1904 to 1921: 17
Alla Nazimova & Glesca Marshall - from 1929 to 1945: 16
Beverly Brown & Tee Corinne - from 1989 to 2005: 16
Chris Byrne & Dennis Heymer – from 1993 to 2009: 16
Queen Christina of Sweden & Countess Ebba Sparre - from 1646 to 1662: 16
D. H. Lawrence & Frieda Weekley - from 1914 to 1930: 16
Elizabeth Bishop & Lota de Macedo Soares - from 1951 to 1967: 16
Frances Benjamin Johnston & Mattie Edwards Hewitt - from 1901 to 1917: 16
Frank Merlo & Tennessee Williams - from 1947 to 1963: 16
Fred Sadoff & Sir Michael Redgrave - from 1956 to 1972: 16
George Sand & Marie Dorval – from 1833 to 1849: 16
Herbert Edwardes & John Nicholson - from 1841 to 1857: 16
Ian Sommerville & William S. Burroughs - from 1960 to 1976: 16
June Arnold & Parke Bowman - from 1966 to 1982: 16
K.M. Soehnlein & Kevin Clarke - since 1999: 16
Lee & Walter Plunkett - from 1966 to 1982: 16
Andreas & Jay Bell – since 2000: 15
Beth Allen & Jane Chambers - from 1968 to 1983: 15
Brian Howard & Sam Langford - from 1943 to 1958: 15
Dmitry Filosofov & Sergei Diaghilev - from 1890 to 1905: 15
Dora Carrington & Lytton Strachey - from 1917 to 1932: 15
Constantine Fondolaik & Henry Ward Beecher – from 1827 to 1842: 15
Ellen Gates Starr & Jane Addams - from 1877 to 1892: 15
Ethel Smyth & Winnaretta Singer - from 1905 to 1920: 15
Georgette Leblanc & Margaret Anderson - from 1926 to 1941: 15
Ian & Marcel - from 1976 to 1991: 15
Geneviève Boucher de la Bruyère & Jacques Fath – from 1939 to 1954: 15
James Buchanan & William R. King – from 1829 to 1844: 15
James Deering & Paul Chalfin - from 1910 to 1925: 15
Jean Paul Gaultier & Francis Menuge – from 1975 to 1990: 15
Ken Blackwell & Rob Rosen - since 2000: 15
Matthew Lewis & William Kelly - from 1803 to 1818: 15

Aluminum Anniversary (10-14)

Adolph de Meyer & Ernest Frohlich - from 1932 to 1946: 14
Anne Morgan & Anne Murray Dike - from 1915 to 1929: 14
Francesco Mastinu & Guido Spano - since 2001: 14
Harriet Speckart & Marie Equi - from 1906 to 1920: 14
Roar Klingenberg & Sighsten Herrgård - from 1970 to 1984: 14
Ada Dwyer Russell & Amy Lowell - from 1912 to 1925: 13
Anna Seward & Honora Sneyd - from 1760 to 1773: 13
Assotto Saint & Jan Holmgren - from 1980 to 1993: 13
August von Platen & Justus von Liebig – from 1822 to 1835: 13
Bill Olander & Christopher Cox - from 1986 to 1989: 13
Billy Merrell & Nico Medina - since 2002: 13
Bruce Moynagh & Rick R. Reed – since 2002: 13
Colette & Henry Gauthier-Villars - from 1893 to 1906: 13
Dorothy Caruso & Margaret Anderson – from 1942 to 1955: 13
Jack Nichols & Logan Carter – from 1975 to 1988: 13
Judy Matlack & May Sarton - from 1945 to 1958: 13
Bill Konigsberg & Chuck Cahoy – since 2003: 12
Bishop E. Otis Charles & Dr. Felipe Sanchez-Paris – from 2001 to 2013: 12
James Merrill & Peter Hooten – from 1983 to 1995: 12
Jan Brouwer & Youri Egorov - from 1976 to 1988: 12
Klaus Mann & Thomas Quinn Curtiss - from 1937 to 1949: 12
Paul Monette & Roger Horwitz - from 1974 to 1986: 12
B. Michael Hunter & Johnny Manzon-Santos - from 1990 to 2001: 11
Bill Sawyer & Brian Shucker – from 1980 to 1991: 11
Charles William Dabney, Jr. & Leverett Saltonstall – from 1844 to 1855: 11
Claire, the Marquise de Forbin & Isabel Pell - from 1940 to 1951: 11
Cora Anderson & Marie White - from 1902 to 1913: 11
Dorothy Freeman & Rachel Carson – from 1953 to 1964: 11
Elizabeth Bishop & Louise Crane – from 1930 to 19141: 11
Eric Cochran Pedersen & Jamie Pedersen - Together since 2004: 11
M. Carey Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Garrett – from 1904 to 1915: 11
Michael Callen & Richard Dworkin – from 1982 to 1993: 11
Richard Addinsell & Victor Stiebel - from 1965 to 1976: 11
Samuel M. Steward & Thornton Wilder – from 1938 to 1949: 11
Aaron Bridges & Billy Strayhorn - from 1937 to 1947: 10
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke & Rosa Bonheur – from 1889 to 1899: 10
Bayard Rustin & Walter Naegle - from 1977 to 1987: 10
Blanche Oelrichs & Margaret Wise Brown - from 1940 to 1950: 10
Carl Blando & Owen Keehnen - since 2005: 10
Clementina "Kit" Anstruther-Thomson & Vernon Lee - from 1887 to 1897: 10
Fanny Blood & Mary Wollstonecraft – from 1775 to 1785: 10
George Mallory & Ruth Turner - from 1914 to 1924: 10
James Strachey & Rupert Brooke – from 1905 to 1915: 10
John Glines & Lawrence Lane – from 1977 to 1987: 10
John Hervey & Stephen Fox-Strangways – from 1726 to 1736: 10
Lorna Hinson & Shawn Squires – since 2005: 10

Wood Anniversary (5-9)

Lord Alfred Douglas & Oscar Wilde – from 1891 to 1900: 9
Andrew Frist & Tom Dolby - since 2006: 9
Dennis Niekro & Paul Richmond – since 2006: 9
Edmund Lowe & Lilyan Tashman - from 1925 to 1934: 9
Hannah Höch & Til Brugman – from 1926 to 1935: 9
Horatio Herbert Kitchener & Captain Oswald Fitzgerald - from 1907 to 1916: 9
Jorge Samaniego & Kenneth MacDonald - from 1978 to 1987: 9
Karin Boye & Margot Hanel - from 1932 to 1941: 9
Richard Somers & Stephen Decatur – from 1795 to 1804: 9
Ann Walker & Anne Lister - from 1832 to 1840: 8
Bessie Marbury & Elizabeth Arden – from 1925 to 1933: 8
Bob Mitchell & Sir Michael Redgrave - from 1948 to 1956: 8
Cecil Rhodes & Leander Starr Jameson - from 1894 to 1902: 8
Duncan Grant & John Maynard Keynes – from 1908 to 1916: 8
Prince Edmond de Polignac & Winnaretta Singer - from 1893 to 1901: 8
Juana Inés de la Cruz & Lisida, Condesa de Paredes – from 1680 to 1688: 8
Olga Tsuberbiller & Sophia Parnok - from 1925 to 1933: 8
Annemarie Schwarzenbach & Claude Clarac - from 1935 to 1942: 7
Anthony Watson-Gandy & Denham Fouts - from 1941 to 1948: 7
David Garnett & Duncan Grant - from 1914 to 1921: 7
Derek Jarman & Kevin Collins - from 1987 to 1994: 7
Elaine Mulligan & Lee Lynch - since 2010: 7
Frieda Belinfante & Henriette Bosmans – from 1920 to 1927: 7
Harlan Greene & Olin Jolley - from 1989 to 1996: 7
Jack Nichols & Lige Clarke - from 1968 to 1975: 7
Jack Scott & Liam Brennan - Together since 2008: 7
Joe Cino & Jon Torrey - from 1960 to 1967: 7
Matthew Montgomery & Steve Callahan - since 2008: 7
Norman Fowler & Peter Watson - from 1949 to 1956: 7
Bo Huston & Dan Carmell - from 1987 to 1993: 6
Colette & Missy de Morny - from 1906 to 1912: 6
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben & Pierre-Étienne Du Ponceau – from 1777 to 1783: 6
G. H. Hardy & Srinivasa Ramanujan – from 1914 to 1920: 6
Leila Griswold Webb & Ogden Codman, Jr. - from 1904 to 1910: 6
William Courtenay & William Thomas Beckford - from 1778 to 1784: 6
Annie Hindle & Annie Ryan - from 1886 to 1891: 5
Denton Welch & Eric Oliver - from 1943 to 1948: 5
Eva Le Gallienne & Mercedes de Acosta - from 1920 to 1925: 5
George Whitmore & Michael Canter - from 1984 to 1989: 5
John Maynard Keynes & Sebastian Sprott - from 1920 to 1925: 5
Laughlin Barker & Perry Ellis - from 1981 to 1986: 5
Marcelino R. & Pieter D. – since 2010: 5

Paper Anniversary (1-4)

Arthur Rimbaud & Paul Verlaine - from 1871 to 1875: 4
John Addington Symonds & Norman Moor – from 1868 to 1872: 4
Margarett Sargent & Shawn McKean - from 1920 to 1924: 4
Sergei Diaghilev & Vaslav Nijinsky – from 1909 to 1913: 4
Siegfried Sassoon & Stephen Tennant - from 1929 to 1933: 4
Edith Wharton & William Morton Fullerton - from 1906 to 1909: 3
Eleonora "Eleo" Sears & Marie Gendron - from 1965 to 1968: 3
Eric Arvin & Tj Klune - since 2012: 3
Henriëtte Bosmans & Noemie Perugia – from 1949 to 1952: 3
Henry Blake Fuller & Wakeman T. Ryan – from 1926 to 1929: 3
Sir Isaac Newton & Nicolas Fatio de Duillier – from 1690 to 1693: 3
Modest Mussorgsky & Viktor Hartmann – from 1870 to 1873: 3
Natalie Clifford Barney & Renée Vivien - from 1898 to 1901: 3
Renata Borgatti & Romaine Brooks - from 1920 to 1923: 3
Sir Alan Bates & John Curry - from 1992 to 1994: 2
Ava Alice Muriel Astor & Sir Frederick Ashton - from 1936 to 1937: 2
Eleonora Duse & Lina Poletti - from 1909 to 1911: 2
Felice Schragenheim & Lilly Wust - from 1943 to 1945: 2
Freda Stark & Thelma Mareo - from 1933 to 1935: 2
Greg Mehrten & Ron Vawter – from 1992 to 1994: 2
Herman Melville & Nathaniel Hawthorne – from 1850 to 1852: 2

Other Couples:

Alfred E. Goodey & Robert Gould Shaw III
Aleister Crowley & Herbert Pollitt
Alexander von Humboldt & Reinhard von Haeften
Almeda Sperry & Emma Goldman
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson & Susan B. Anthony
Anne Seymour Damer & Elizabeth Farren
Anton Dolin & Sergei Diaghilev
Lord Arthur Clinton & Ernest Boulton
Boris Kochno & Sergei Diaghilev
Dolly Wilde & Marion “Joe” Carstairs
Dorothy Arzner & Ona Munson
Dorothy Bussy & Lady Ottoline Morrell
Edith Wynne Matthison & Edna St. Vincent Millay
Eleonora Duse & Isadora Duncan
Ella Wesner & Josie Mansfield
Elizabeth Wade White & Valentine Ackland
Emily Dickinson & Kate Scott Anthon
Emily Faithfull & Helen Codrington
Ernest Thesiger & William Bruce Ellis Ranken
Ethel Waters & Ethel Williams
Francesco Algarotti & Frederick the Great
Germaine de Staël & Juliette Récamier
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt & Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten
Harry Daley & J.R. Ackerley
Evelyn Waugh & Hugh Lygon
Igor Markevitch & Sergei Diaghilev
Isadora Duncan & Sergei Yesenin
Dr. James Barry & John
Jean, bishop of Orleans & Raoul II, Archbishop of Tours
Jeanne Eagels & Libby Holman
John Singer Sargent & Thomas E. McKeller
Konstantin Somov & Mikhail Kuzmin
Léonide Massine & Sergei Diaghilev
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus & Natalie Clifford Barney
Luisa Casati & Romaine Brooks
Marlene Dietrich & Mercedes de Acosta
Mary Vincent Hammon & Sarah White Norman
Muño Vandilaz & Pedro Díaz
Edwina Mountbatten & Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten
Patsy Kelly & Tallulah Bankhead
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Vladimir Davydov
Sir Philip Sassoon & T.E. Lawrence
Serge Lifar & Sergei Diaghilev

and here are some feedback:

What people are saying about Days of Love

“It looks wonderful.” Dorothy Allison
“This book will surely become a valuable resource to all, and a comforting reminder that romance has always existed in many diverse forms.” Jay Bell
“It looks like the perfect read” J.P. Bowie
“It's wonderful. Laying it out chronologically is inspired, offering a solid GLBT history. I immediately went looking for our entry, but kept stopping along the way to read others. I kept learning things. I didn't know that Bob Giard's photo of the two naked men sharing a newspaper was of Larry Duplechan and his partner. And I love your decision to include couples broken by death. It makes clear how important love is, as well as showing what people have been through. I am delighted to be part of this. (And tickled to be among such folks as Frederich the Great and Astolphe de Custine as well as my friends Victor Bumbalo, Michael Bronski, Mark Merlis and many others. The layout and photos look terrific.” Christopher Bram
“Wow, the book looks BEAUTIFUL! A wonderful book!” Barry Brennessel
“It looks beautiful. Thanks you so much for doing this book, I think it is very important.” Michael Bronski
“CONGRATULATIONS! The book looks monumental.” Victor Bumbalo
“Looks great!” Steve Callahan
“Had no idea this would be so extensive. Well done.” Alan Chin
“This is a special book” Costello Tagliapietra
“I couldn’t resist clicking through every page. I never realized the scope of the book would cover centuries! Now that I’ve seen the breadth of this survey, I’m doubly honored that we have been included. I hope that it captures the attention of librarians far and wide. I know that it will be hugely validating to young, newly-emerging LGBT kids who might not be able to afford the cost of purchasing the book but who will surely find it if is available on library shelves and be reassured that they really can have a secure, respected place in the world as their futures unfold.” Howard Cruse
“What an amazing book.” Jameson Currier
“Wow. I’m not quite sure we deserve to be in this book…but I am touched.” Ulysses G. Dietz
“Thank you for this.” Tom Dolby
“It looks great. Thank you for doing this for ALL of us.” Paul Alan Fahey
“It looks great.” Ryan Field
“That is really beautiful! It's a fantastic book.” Harper Fox
“This international history-and-photo book, featuring 100s of detailed bios of some of the most forward-moving gay persons in history, is sure to be one of those bestsellers that gay folk will enjoy for years to come as reference and research that is filled with facts and fun. Mark Hemry and I were delighted to be included in Elisa's wonderful book which in the amazing helix of its sheer volume of entries develops the only context this serious, yet entertaining, LGBT history book needs. Elisa Rolle's "Book of Days" is a starting point for those entering gay culture, and will be a valued reference book for historians for the next hundred years.” Jack Fritscher
“Amazing work!” Brent Hartinger
“It looks fantastic!” Sam Irvin
“This is a stunning achievement!!! It's fantastic!!! Congratulations on this spectacular book. It's A WINNER!!!!!” Fay Jacobs
“WOW! This is wonderful. Much more than I was expecting this project to be. We are really honored to be among your 6 or 7 hundred some gay couples of history. This is really wonderful! I’ll say it again.” Toby Johnson
“What a wonderful labor of love this is.” William J. Mann
“Thanks for including us in your wonderful book.” Mark Merlis
“I have been reading your book all morning. It is simply wonderful! The research and passion you put into this project is absolutely stunning! And to be included in this is such a terrific honor. I can’ thank you enough.” Nick Nolan
“The book looks beautiful. We are honored to be part of such history.” Frank Anthony Polito
“It's gorgeous! And an important book, too. Thank you for the labor of, truly, love.” Rick R. Reed
"Gary and I were honored to be included in Elisa Rolle's historically significant and beautiful book, Days of Love, which chronicles LGBT couples throughout history. Many of the contemporary couples – like Gary and I – share their stories on how they met and fell in love, as well as photos from when they married. It was a massive undertaking on Elisa's part, and I think it's an important part of our collective history and future." Wade Rouse
“Wow! This is wonderful! An impressive undertaking. We are so grateful to be included in this important book. Thank you for all of your efforts and for this wonderful gift to the world.” Salvatore Sapienza
“Looks great!” Steven Saylor
“We are in some amazing company. I'm chuffed!” Jack Scott
"This is one of the most extraordinary books published in the last decade. It should win a Lammy for the year." Charles Silverstein, co-author Joy of Gay Sex
“Looks good! What a lineage.” Karl Soehnlein
“A fascinating history and we are proud to be part of it.” Ralph Sylvester and Stathis Orphanos

Reviews:

December 24, 2014 By Sylvia
Wonderful book and I will often return to it and enjoy all the photo's and stories. Truly a labour of love. Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1R2A1GJW2X4O3/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00MZG0VHY

December 11, 2014, by Brian Bromberger. New Book Celebrates LGBT Lovers Through the Ages.
Did you know that Sir Isaac Newton, who laid the foundation for modern physics, may have had a relationship with a Swiss mathematician, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier? That the famous married theatrical couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were gay and lesbian? That the British author of 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke had a 23-year partnership with a Sri Lankan teenager, and they are buried together? This is only a fraction of the LGBT trivia one can unearth in Elisa Rolle's new book Days of Love, a collection of same-sex pairings throughout the world and history, covering all artistic and scientific fields, complete with photos, in particular those created by photographer Robert Giard from his book Particular Voices, recording many in the LGBT literary community. Rolle's website reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org is a comprehensive online journal dedicated to LGBT literature, art, and film. She has also launched the Rainbow Awards, online annual awards judging hundreds of LGBT titles in dozens of categories. She explains in the preface why she decided to compile this book. "I have always liked love stories, and to me, even if you only spent one day in blissful happiness, then it was a love story. I see the following pages like a family photo album, the enlarged LGBT family sharing their memories: you will read about couples who managed to stay together for more than 70 years, but also those who were able to have only some days of happiness." What emerges in the book is an alternative cultural history of LGBT people. But I don't want to leave the impression that the book focuses only on famous couples. In fact, 3/4 of Days of Love features couples most of us have never heard of, which makes reading about them and their accomplishments even more fascinating. By concentrating on (though not restricted to) long-term relationships, Rolle lays to rest the myth that LGBT folk are not capable of sustaining life-long partnerships. The book is 760 pages, a virtual encyclopedia, and the research that must have accompanied the writing is staggering. Most entries are only a page long. Some of the recent stories are accompanied by testimonies of the couple, which personalize their listing. Some eye-raising portraits are of Edith Wharton & William Moron Fullerton; Sir Alan Bates & John Curry; Sylvia Townsend Warner & Valentine Ackland; Guthrie McClintic & Katharine Cornell; John Maynard Keyes & Sebastian Sprott; John Henry Newman & Ambrose St. John; and George Sand & Marie Dorval. These examples merely scratch the surface, because the unknown romances are also charming, equally apportioned between men and women. You might look up an individual in the index, read his or her story, but then because each entry is brief, notice another entry that can be quickly digested, and before long an hour has passed. While there is much to praise in this groundbreaking volume, there are many typos and editing faux pas, and it does have a serious flaw. There is no introductory chapter telling us the history of LGBT relationships, how they have been defined, have changed or been viewed through the centuries. In other words, there is no historical or social context for how to interpret them. The book relies heavily on hearsay, such that in some cases we cannot be sure whether or not there was an actual relationship, with the case of Isaac Newton being an example. In previous centuries, friendship was prized and spoken about in affectionate terms that today sound sexual to us, but did not necessarily have a physical component. Rolle clarifies when she can, but at times the evidence is ambiguous. I suspect Rolle's response would be that LGBT couples defy classification. The problem is that she never states what her reasoning is for including certain couples. Fortunately she provides enough information that readers can research and draw their own conclusions. Ultimately one can only applaud Rolle for her diligence. Despite centuries of history silencing LGBT relationships, a brief perusal of Days of Love should convince any skeptic that there have always been LGBT people seeking love. As we bask in these heady days of social acceptability and legality of same-sex marriage, we are reminded that many people past and present paved the way for our civil rights, not the least of which is the right to love whomever we want. - Link: http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=books&article=892 & http://www.gaysonoma.com/?p=4545

December 11, 2014, by Ajax
Loved this. Like one of those old style Who's Who books, or an excellent encyclopedia of tiny queer love stories. Worth it for reference, worth it for the reminder of how much love and art and blood sweat and tears gay people have put into the world, often unknown until after death. Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013197-days-of-love#other_reviews

November 30, 2014 By Eden Winters. An Uplifting Collection of Love Stories.
Where do I begin? That this collection of mini-biographies was a labor of love for the author is obvious on every page. What an undertaking, gathering all these stories, contacting living subjects for permission and pictures, and putting together a well-organized, uplifting tome of love stories throughout history. I purchased a print edition for my local PFLAG group, because I believed that in a world where there is so much negativity towards the LGBT community, our members needed to hear the positive message of enduring love. Each page is a different story, so don't let the size of the book scare you. Got a few minutes? Peer into the life of another couple, some who were together for as many as sixty years. Lovely, lovely book. Highly recommended. - Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R39FNM7W9LFC9B/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm/?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1500563323

October 28, 2014 By A&M Books (Rehoboth Beach, DE). It's our history and cannot be ignored!
An amazing collection of entries of same-sex pairings throughout the world that is nothing less than glbt history itself. Fascinating tales on every one of the 700- plus pages. It's an encyclopedia of gay lives that should be on everyone's bookshelf or one everone's e-reader! - Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R222NP5MBMVPWL/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00MZG0VHY

October 21, 2014, by Paul Alan Fahey
Amazing history of LGBT couples down thru the years. My hubby, Bob, and I are featured as well. The author, Elisa Rolle, has done an incredible job researching and pulling all this information together in one loving gorgeous book. An incredible job. Well done, Elisa. - Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013197-days-of-love#other_reviews

October 20, 2014, By LeeA P. (Upper Michigan). Beautifully done.
A beautiful book of amazing photos and stories. Loved it! - Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R35DJ0G42HB9A3/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1500563323

October 03, 2014, da www.sognipensieriparole.com, by Amarilli Settantatre
Un incredibile documentario storico-fotografico, quasi una sorta di enciclopedia che copre oltre duemila anni di storia, partendo da Alessando Magno ai giorni nostri, attraverso una chiave di lettura particolarissima: l’amore che ha unito coppie più o meno celebri, talvolta pubblicamente o spesso in gran segreto, talvolta osteggiato e terminato in modo doloroso, talvolta celebrato e divenuto esempio di speranza per chi è venuto dopo. Credo che leggere le tantissime storie di uomini e di donne che si susseguono in queste pagine dia la misura di quanto sia in errore chi pensa che le relazioni omosessuali siano una deriva dei nostri tempi moderni e che le stesse possano essere l’indizio di un pericolo e di una degenerazione per il tessuto sociale tradizionale. Al contrario, è proprio ripercorrendo le storie di queste persone (come Florence Nightingale e Mary Clarke, o Eleonora Duse e Isadora Duncan, tanto per citare alcune delle coppie femminili più celebri), che possiamo avere un’ulteriore riprova di quanto la forza dell’amore, in tutte le sue connotazioni e sfumature (quindi anche tra due persone adulte dello stesso sesso), possa essere un motore formidabile per accrescere l’arte, la letteratura e il mondo delle idee in genere, nonché per dare vita a esperienze incredibili e a personaggi in grado di fare la storia passata e futura, finendo per essere un valore aggiunto e non un ostacolo per la civiltà che abbiamo costruito e in cui viviamo. Da tenere in libreria o sull’e-reader e da sfogliare con curiosità e continua sorpresa. - Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013197-days-of-love#other_reviews or http://www.sognipensieriparole.com/2014/10/oggi-presentiamo-days-of-love-di-elisa.html

September 10, 2014, by The Novel Approach Reviews
First off, let me say I had a hard time figuring how to review this book. It’s far removed from what I normally review. That being said, I was blown away by the wealth of information between these pages. While reading, I was amazed by the research that had gone into it. Just thinking about the time and energy this author has spent compiling these facts about each couple, past and present, is mind boggling. We delve a little bit into each couple Miss Elisa spotlights, giving the reader a small snippet into their life; what they did for a living, how they met each other. A lot of the information here was new to me and made for some fantastic reading. The author introduces us to unknown couples alongside those who were famous and made a huge impact on the world, from Hollywood directors and actors to scientists and royalty, writers and poets to those who started up important organizations. In Days of Love we see Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson, Sir Issac Newton, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, just to name a few. I was excited to read about some of the authors I personally know and the ones I have read: Jay Bell, Andrew Grey, Scotty Cade, TJ Klune, Eric Arvin and JP Bowie—again this is a small taste of what’s inside. I feel this book would be of interest to anyone who loves history, especially LGBT history. As we see the world views changing in a positive way towards the LGBT community, some of the people in this book were pioneers without even knowing it. They loved who they loved and didn’t apologize for how they felt. I love that this book is out there. I would definitely categorize this as a reference book, but at the same time such a wonderful read. I would highly recommend this book to everyone. - Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013197-days-of-love#other_reviews

September 1, 2014, By Paul A. Fahey "Mindprinter" (Nipomo, CA). Absolutely Love This Book of LGBT History!
Can't say enough about "Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time." I've never seen a book quite like this one. Is there one? I doubt it. Elisa Rolle has given so many of us our place in this historical record, and both my husband, Bob, and I are truly grateful to be included. Days of Love is sitting on our coffee table--right where it will stay. Great for browsing or reading one story at a time. Absolutely love this book. - Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/RHA7GTWNXO6IS/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1500563323

August 30, 2014, By Lee Lynch (U.S.)
What a huge undertaking. Ms. Rolle has produced a tour de force, a book for the ages. I am extremely honored that my wife and I are included. Thank you to Ms. Rolle for her exhaustive research, her inclusiveness, and for making such a work available. - Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1Q9XHF1NTAYL7/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1500563323

August 28, 2014, by Moogie
This is a real dip in and out of Tree Book. A glorious history of LGBTQ etc love stories. Fascinating to see friends as well as remarkable historic figures revealing their love stories. Praise to Elisa Rolle for a very well researched and enjoyable reference book. - Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013197-days-of-love#other_reviews

August 27, 2014, by Francesco Mastinu
Con estremo piacere segnalo il libro di Elisa Rolle, scritto e pubblicato negli Stati Uniti d’America, che racchiude ben 8 anni di attività di ricerca e di blogger raccontando la vita di relazione delle coppie omosessuali statunitensi e non, sia storiche che contemporanee, appartenenti comunque al mondo della notorietà per meriti artistici, politici e sociali. Una bellissima iniziativa che quest’anno diventa un libro di ben 760 pagine (in inglese) che racchiude più di 700 storie partendo da Alessandro Magno sino ai giorni nostri. Dalle parole della stessa Elisa, scopriamo che il suo lavoro ha come mission quella di dimostrare che i matrimoni gay sono sempre esistiti scardinando la concezione di “lotta moderna”, abbracciando invece il concetto che i diritti pertanto non vanno mai negati, proprio perché storicamente le relazioni durature anche tra gli omosessuali sono sempre esistite e hanno anzi contribuito alla storia di tutta l’umanità, dal profilo politico, sociale e artistico. Un esempio? Elisa ci parla di George Merrill e Edward Carpenter, morti negli anni 20, che sono sepolti nella stessa tomba, insieme. Sotto il nome di George, c’è scritto “together with Edward for 40 years” (insieme per 40 anni). Ma questa è solo una storia tra centinaia. Il testo è inglese ma è acquistabile anche in Italia, verrà lanciato con una presentazione ufficiale a ottobre, a New York. Lo segnalo perché è una bella iniziativa, come da noi in Italia non si riesce a realizzare (per quanto magari coppie note di cui parlare ce ne sarebbero a bizzeffe, se solo si fosse disponibili a mettersi in gioco o meglio, se solo le associazioni, le istituzioni e certi editori avessero il coraggio di portare avanti un’iniziativa del genere). A ogni modo, per quanto qua in Italia siamo lontani anni luce dal riconoscimento di diritti basilari come il matrimonio e la lotta alla discriminazione, motivo per cui ritengo che libri di questo genere non siano auspicabili, ma necessari; anche alcune personalità italiane sono state rappresentate all’interno di questa raccolta biografica, tra cui me e il mio compagno Guido per cui credetemi, essere comunque presente e poter fare qualcosa per favorire il processo di riconoscimento dei diritti, è importante e fonte di estremo onore. Con questa motivazione, insieme, abbiamo deciso di mettere a disposizione i nostri 14 anni di vita in comune, per dimostrare che l’amore e le relazioni prescindono dal sesso del partner. Chi fosse interessato ad acquistare il libro o a saperne di più, questi sono i link di Amazon. In ogni caso ringrazio Elisa per aver realizzato quest’opera, e mi auguro che davvero anche qua in Italia si riesca, un giorno, a portare avanti iniziative del genere… magari proprio grazie a Elisa? - Link: http://jfmastinu.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/days-of-love-di-elisa-rollesegnalazione/

August 25, 2014, By Jack Scott (United Kingdom). Epic.
A truly epic and comprehensive directory of LGBT love down the ages. A real achievement. - Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3SSDCT1DWURFF/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00MZG0VHY or https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013197-days-of-love#other_reviews

August 25, 2014, by Jeff Adams
I'm likely considered biased because I'm in the book with my husband, but I still love it. Full write up at http://www.jeffandwill.com/2014/08/24/days-of-love-celebrating-lgbt-history-one-story-at-a-time-by-elisa-rolle/ - Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013197-days-of-love#other_reviews

August 23, 2014, By J. Lawrence (Orlando, FL United States). Through laughter and tears, love endures.
I've been reading Elisa's journal for years and commented frequently about the love stories she has featured on there. I'm thrilled to have it all together in one place to read at any time I please. This is a joy. Thank you Elisa! - Link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2WFEH20HXJVF7/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00MZG0VHY


DNA Magazine, November 2014 (Australia)

Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time by Elisa Rolle
Paperback: 760 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (July 1, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1500563323
ISBN-13: 978-1500563325
CreateSpace Store: https://www.createspace.com/4910282
Amazon (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/dp/1500563323/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Amazon (Kindle): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MZG0VHY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20

Days of Love chronicles more than 700 LGBT couples throughout history, spanning 2000 years from Alexander the Great to the most recent winner of a Lambda Literary Award. Many of the contemporary couples share their stories on how they met and fell in love, as well as photos from when they married or of their families. Included are professional portraits by Robert Giard and Stathis Orphanos, paintings by John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini, and photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnson, Arnold Genthe, and Carl Van Vechten among others.