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Author: Nigel Cawthorne Publisher: Piatkus Books ISBN: Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
The history of sex in Britain has been largely glossed over by historians. This book reveals what our ancestors got up to in bed. It includes chapters on the ancient arts of seduction, adultery, brothels, contraception, defloration, and more - from the torrid Tudors to the strait-laced Victorians.
Author: Nigel Cawthorne Publisher: Piatkus Books ISBN: Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
The history of sex in Britain has been largely glossed over by historians. This book reveals what our ancestors got up to in bed. It includes chapters on the ancient arts of seduction, adultery, brothels, contraception, defloration, and more - from the torrid Tudors to the strait-laced Victorians.
Author: Nigel Cawthorne Publisher: Robinson ISBN: 0349421358 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 233
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Once again, Nigel Cawthorne takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the strange, hidden sexual history of England. The history of sex in Britain has been largely glossed over by 'proper' historians: Nigel Cawthorne has burrowed deep into the archives to reveal exactly what our ancestors got up to in bed (and out of it). There are chapters on the ancient arts of seduction, adultery, brothels, 'the English vice', contraception, defloration, and many more - from the torrid Tudors to the supposedly strait-laced Victorians.
Author: Bruce Redford Publisher: Getty Publications ISBN: 0892369248 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 240
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Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettani. Elegantly and wittily he dissects the British connoisseurs whose expeditions, collections, and publications laid the groundwork for the Neoclassical revival and for the scholarly study of Graeco-Roman antiquity. After the foundation of the society in 1732, the Dilettani commissioned portraits of the members. Including a striking group of mock-classical and mock-religious representations, these portraits were painted by George Knapton, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. During the second half of the century, the society’s expeditions to the Levant yielded a series of pioneering architectural folios, beginning with the first volume The Antiquities of Athens in 1762. These monumental volumes aspired to empirical exactitude in text and image alike. They prepared the way for Specimens of Antient Sculpture (1809), which combines the didactic (detailed investigations into technique, condition, restoration, and provenance) with the connoisseurial (plates that bring the illustration of ancient sculpture to new artistic heights). The Society of Dilettanti’s projects and publications exemplify the Enlightenment ideal of the gentleman amateur, which is linked in turn to a culture of wide-ranging curiosity.
Author: Nigel Cawthorne Publisher: Robinson Publishing ISBN: 9781849015073 Category : Bond, James (Fictitious character) Languages : en Pages : 294
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The world's fascination with Bond is unstoppable. James Bond is the greatest British fictional hero of the post-war era. He also has a huge following in the US - and around the world - as a legendary Cold War warrior, and now as a daredevil able to take on the villains of the post-Cold War world. The Bond books are all in print. Today, Sebastian Faulks is writing new stories while Charlie Higson is writing children's versions.In this comprehensive guide to Ian Fleming, the books, the films and the world that was created out of 007, Nigel Cawthorne uncovers Bond's allure. It comes with special sections on the main characters - Q, M, the Bond Girls, and the women who first inspired them; the cars, and the incomparable baddies. It will be the ideal gift for fans and aficionados alike and will be published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of DOCTOR NO; the new film is scheduled for autumn 2012.
Author: Brenda Ralph Lewis Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1502619075 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars; six monarchs have been murdered or executed; the throne of England has been usurped four times, and won in battle three times; and personal scandals and royal family quarrels abound.
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