Consuming passions: Being an Historic Inquiry into Certain English Appetites

By Philippa Pullar

Book Overview

in this age of convenience food, we may look back on the past with envy. The luxury of the Romans, for whom eating and sex (often conducted simultaneously) allayed life's boredom; the sumptuous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0241019451
• ISBN13: 9780241019450
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Hamilton
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.