Primeros reseñadoresCatharine Arnold

For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice, and the sins of the flesh. As early as the second century AD, London was notorious for its raucous festivities, and throughout the centuries the bawdy side of life has taken easy root. In her accessible style, Award-winning historian Catharine Arnold takes us on a journey through the fleshpots of London: buxom strumpets, louche aristocrats, popinjay politicians, and Victorian flagellants—all vying for their place in London's league of licentiousness. With latter chapters looking at Victorian London, sexual underground of the 20th century—with the rise of internet call girls such as the famed “Belle de Jour”—and beyond, this is a fascinating and vibrant chronicle of London at its most raw and ribald.