The Sex Secrets Of Old England

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780349421353

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The Sex Secrets Of Old England by Nigel Cawthorne Pdf

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 : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623655747

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Sordid Sex Lives by Nigel Cawthorne Pdf

What do the rich and famous really get up to behind closed doors? When does sexual passion become sordid perversion? Who are history's most shocking deviants and what are their sex secrets? The pages of this book reveal 45 shocking, scandalous--and often disturbing--stories of promiscuity and sexual perversion throughout the ages. Uncovered here are the orgies of Cleopatra and the incest of the Romans; the darkest fantasies of Michelangelo and the gross indecencies of the Marquis de Sade; as well as the insatiable desires of Rasputin, the degrading fetishes of Adolf Hitler, the unashamed exhibitionism of Tallulah Bankhead and the dirty thrills of Elvis Presley. Sordid Sex Lives offers an insight into the shocking practices in which so many famous men and women have participated in. What motivates these sexual desires? Were they ever considered "normal?" And what happened to those whose filthy secrets were found out? Bursting with real-life accounts, this is the most explicit and shocking account of the sex lives of history's most notorious characters.

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Piatkus
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748120611

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The Beastly Battles Of Old England by Nigel Cawthorne Pdf

Throughout history the English have been a warlike lot. Often we fight among ourselves - there have been a good few civil wars - and when we were not slaughtering each other, we practiced on our neighbours, the Scots, the Irish, the French . . . When that got too easy, we set off around the world to find other people to fight. This was usually done with a hubris that invited some ludicrous pratfall. In THE BEASTLY BATTLES OF OLD ENGLAND, Nigel Cawthorne takes us on a darkly humorous journey through some of our ill-advised military actions. From the war over a severed ear to a general seeking out his rival's mistresses to even the score, it is a miscellany of insufferable arrogance, reckless gallantry, stunning stupidity, massive misjudgements and general beastliness.

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Piatkus
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780349412672

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The Strange Laws Of Old England by Nigel Cawthorne Pdf

Did you know that: It's against the law to check into a hotel in London under assumed names for the purpose of lovemaking? Under a statute of Edwards II all whales washed up on the shore belong to the monarch? Under a Tudor law Welshmen are not allowed into the city of Chester after dark? In THE STRANGE LAWS OF OLD ENGLAND, Nigel Cawthorne unearths an extraordinary collection of the most bizarre and arcane laws that have been enacted over the centuries. Some of the laws, incredibly, are still in force. It is still illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour . . . This elegant and amusing book is perfect for everyone fascinated by the eccentric history of these islands.

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781780335391

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The Mammoth Book of Sex Scandals by Nigel Cawthorne Pdf

Sex scandals, some historical but many contemporary, involving political figures, celebrities, movie stars, sports stars, musicians and artists, from Julius Caesar's affair with Cleopatra, which scandalized Rome and may have contributed to his murder, to what exactly IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn did or didn't get up to in that New York hotel room. England's Edward II was put to death by having a red-hot poker shoved up 'those parts in which he had been wont to make his vicious pleasures' and James Dean was known as 'the human ashtray' for the pleasure he took in having cigarettes stubbed out on his body, but from Silvio Berlusconi to Tiger Woods, many have been more focused on pleasure than pain. Even Barack Obama gets a look in - did he have an affair with Vera Baker?

Author : Gill Hoffs
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473831896

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The Sinking of RMS Tayleur by Gill Hoffs Pdf

“A truly wonderful social history of a tragic and unexplained shipping disaster. Five Stars.”—Scottish Field The wrecking of the RMS Tayleur made headlines nearly 60 years before the Titanic. Both were run by the White Star Line, both were heralded as the most splendid ships of their time and both sank in tragic circumstances on their maiden voyages. On 19 January 1854 the Tayleur, a large merchant vessel, left Liverpool for Australia; packed with hopeful emigrants, her hold stuffed with cargo. More than a century after the tragedy, Gill Hoffs reveals new theories behind the disaster and tells the stories of the passengers and crew on the ill-fated vessel: Captain John Noble, record breaking hero of the Gold Rush era. Ship surgeon Robert Hannay Cunningham and his young family, on their way to a new life among the prospectors of Tent City. Samuel Carby, ex-convict, returning to the gold fields with his new wife and a fortune sewn into her corsets. But the ship’s revolutionary iron hull prevented its compasses from working. Lost in the Irish Sea, a storm swept the Tayleur and the 650 people aboard towards a cliff, studded with rocks “black as death.” What happened next shocked the world. “Hoffs has recounted this awful tragedy with such description and dedicated research that you can almost imagine yourself on the deck of this unfortunate vessel . . . An excellent read.”—Suzie Lennox, author of Bodysnatchers “A little masterclass in how to hold a reader enthralled by a tale of long-ago tragedy at sea.”—Diver Net

Author : Dan Brown
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307741905

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The lost symbol by Dan Brown Pdf

Robert Langdon, while at the U.S. Capital Building, finds an object encoded with five symbols, which is an ancient invitation to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's belived mentor, Peter Solomon, is kidnapped, he realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations - all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.

Author : Scotty Bowers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
ISBN : 0802120075

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Full Service by Scotty Bowers Pdf

A World War II veteran and Hollywood gas station attendant describes how his good looks and open bisexuality culminated in liaisons with numerous celebrities, providing a chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground in the 1940s and 1950s.

Author : Richard Norton-Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781838607425

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The State of Secrecy by Richard Norton-Taylor Pdf

Richard Norton-Taylor reveals the secrets of his forty-year career as a journalist covering the world of spies and their masters in Whitehall. Early in his career, Norton-Taylor successfully campaigned against official secrecy, gaining a reputation inside the Whitehall establishment and the outside world alike for his relentless determination to expose wrongdoing and incompetence. His special targets have always been the security and intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Defence, institutions that often hide behind the cloak of national security to protect themselves from embarrassment and being held to account. Encouraged by his trusted contacts in intelligence agencies and Whitehall departments, Norton-Taylor was among the first of the few journalists consistently to attack the planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 and subsequently covered for the Guardian the devastating evidence of every witness to the Chilcot inquiry. He also enjoyed unique access to a wide array of defence sources, giving him a rare insight into the disputes among top military commanders as they struggled to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with under-resourced and ill-equipped troops. Described by a former senior Intelligence official as a 'long-term thorn in the side of the intelligence establishment', and winner of numerous awards for his journalism, Norton-Taylor is one of the most respected defence and security journalists of his generation. Provocative, and rich in anecdotes, The State of Secrecy is an illuminating, critical and, at times, provocative account of the author's experiences investigating the secret world.

Author : Andrea Zuvich
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526753083

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Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain by Andrea Zuvich Pdf

An expert in Stuart England examines the sexual lives of Britons in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in this frank, informative, and revealing history. Acclaimed Stuart historian Andrea Zuvich explores the sexual mores of Stuart Britain, including surprising beliefs, bizarre practices, and ingenious solutions for infertility, impotence, sexually transmitted diseases, and more. Along the way, she reveals much about the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior. Zuvich sheds light not only on the saucy love lives of the Royal Stuarts, but also on the dark underbelly of the Stuart era with histories of prostitution, sexual violence, infanticide, and sexual deviance. She looks at everything from what was considered sexually attractive to the penalties for adultery, incest, and fornication. Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain touches on the fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition of the day.

Author : Alan Bestic
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Sex customs
ISBN : CORNELL:31924013826577

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Sex and the Singular English by Alan Bestic Pdf

Author : Conor McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134397716

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Love Sex & Marriage Middle Age by Conor McCarthy Pdf

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Katherine Harvey
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789144888

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The Fires of Lust by Katherine Harvey Pdf

An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people. The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much—or too little—sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was the ideal state. Holy men and women committed themselves to lifelong abstinence in the name of religion. Everyone was forced to conform to restrictive rules about who they could have sex with, in what way, how often, and even when, and could be harshly punished for getting it wrong. Other experiences are more familiar. Like us, medieval people faced challenges in finding a suitable partner or trying to get pregnant (or trying not to). They also struggled with many of the same social issues, such as whether prostitution should be legalized. Above all, they shared our fondness for dirty jokes and erotic images. By exploring their sex lives, the book brings ordinary medieval people to life and reveals details of their most personal thoughts and experiences. Ultimately, it provides us with an important and intimate connection to the past.

Author : Conor McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134397709

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Love Sex & Marriage in the Middle Ages by Conor McCarthy Pdf

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Katherine Rowland
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781580058346

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The Pleasure Gap by Katherine Rowland Pdf

American culture is more sexually liberal than ever. But compared to men, women's sexual pleasure has not grown: Up to 40 percent of American women experience the sexual malaise clinically known as low sexual desire. Between this low desire, muted pleasure, and experiencing sex in terms of labor rather than of lust, women by the millions are dissatisfied with their erotic lives. For too long, this deficit has been explained in terms of women's biology, stress, and age. In The Pleasure Gap, Katherine Rowland rejects the idea that women should settle for diminished pleasure; instead, she argues women should take inequality in the bedroom as seriously as we take it in the workplace and understand its causes and effects. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with more than one hundred women and dozens of sexual health professionals, Rowland shows that the pleasure gap is neither medical malady nor psychological condition but rather a result of our culture's troubled relationship with women's sexual expression. This provocative exploration of modern sexuality makes a case for closing the gap for good.