The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City---Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312600348 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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In an accessible, entertaining style, Arnold takes us on a journey through the fleshpots of London from earliest times to present day. Whether pornographic publishers on Fleet Street, or courtesans parading in Haymarket, its streets have long been witness to colorful sexual behavior. From the bath houses of Roman Londinium to the sexual underground of the twentieth century and beyond, this is an entertaining, vibrant chronicle of London and sex through the ages.For more than a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice, and the sins of the flesh. In The Sexual History of London, award-winning popular historian Catharine Arnold turns her gaze to London's relationship with vice through the ages. With latter chapters looking at Victorian London and the sexual underground of the twentieth century and beyond, this is a fasc
Catharine Arnold read English at Girton College, Cambridge, and holds a further degree in psychology. . A journalist, academic, and popular historian, her previous books include Necropolis: London and Its Dead and Bedlam: London and Its Mad
A Must Read for Historical Romance Authors Lyndack Not a quick read, but a thorough and well researched book by an author with a passion for history.Every chapter fascinated me, the women, mostly prostitutes through the ages, are survivors. Arnold has a gift for making the grimmest, ugliest parts of London's brothels and street trade sizzle with details. But it's not entirely about the sex trade either. Her passages detailing Oscar Wilde's exploits are interesting. Though a few passages come off a touch pedantic, TSHoL is a must read for romance auth. IsolaBlue said Cheers!. Cheers for Catharine Arnold, author of "The Sexual History of London," a perky and well-written book which takes readers from the days of the Roman occupation of London straight through to the modern-day sex trade. What could become bogged down and dry, instead stays fresh and lively. Arnold's background as a journalist works well for this book as she writes a good-sized tome that reads as quickly as the best article in our favorite monthly magazine.Cheers for Arnold's feminist sensibility. She boldl. An Informative yet light read Nikki Jimenez The topic of the book itself is interesting and what draws you to start reading. The author's writing style, anecdotal, informative but not academic, is what keeps you turning the pages.
(Evening Standard (UK))Richly detailed an engaging survey of sex and the city. (The Independent (UK))There's plenty to get stuck into here. (The Sunday Times (UK)) . Hugely entertaining Arnold is a delightful travelling companion through the centuries of the city of sin. (Jeanette Winterson, The Times (UK))Often titillating, sometimes shocking, frequently entertaining The book is a lively affirmation of sexual desire in all its varieties. Arnold arranges her formidable research lucidly. (The Observer (UK))To pack 2000 years of vice into less than 400 pages is a challenge, but Arnold achieves it admirably