The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City---Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages

by Catharine Arnold

Book Overview

"If Paris is the city of love, then London is the city of lust. 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. Richard of Devises, a monk writing in 1180, warned that "every quarter abounds in great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312600348
• ISBN13: 9780312600341
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.2"