The Sexual History of London

Posted on 11 November 2017 by Catharine Arnold

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. Forthan a thousand years, England s capital has been associated with desire, avarice, and the sins of the flesh Richard Free Read Kindle ePUB The Sexual History of London author Catharine Arnold – kino-fada.fr England swings like a pendulum do It seems that London was once a writhing cesspool of filth, corruption and sexy, sexy sex, and everyone who was anyone had syphilis Arnold s account makes everything that stays in Vegas look tame by comparison.From medieval bath house hijinks to the sixties Profumo affair most of the history seems to swirl around the staggering amount of money to be made by the selling of sex I think everything is summed up nicely by John Wilmot, Second Earl of Roch England swings like a pendulum do It seems that London was once a writhing cesspool of filth, corruption and sexy, sexy sex, and everyone who was anyone had syphilis Arnold s account makes everything that stays in Vegas look tame by comparison.From medieval bath house hijinks to the sixties Profumo affair most of the history seems to swirl around the staggering amount of money to be made by the selling of sex I think everything is summed up nicely by John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester in his poem The Debauchee Note due to salacious content, I ve hidden it as a spoiler To be viewed only by those over 18, or the intensely curious view spoiler I rise at eleven, I dine at twoI get drunk before seven and ...Sex, sex, sex From prostitutes to pornography, from orgies to lewd sex acts today s vices are not new by any means This coarse world has always been center stage in human civilization since the dawn of man and heavily recorded starting with the Roman Empire The city of London has never shied away from its obsession with carnal desire even during the restricted Victorian period Pop historian Catharine Arnold explores the sex history of London in, The Sexual History of London From Roman L Sex, sex, sex From prostitutes to pornography, from orgies to lewd sex acts today s vices are not new by any means This coarse world has always been center stage ...With such a titillating title, the reader might want to use a book cover when reading it in public However, this is a serious look at the sex trade in London from the time that it was called Londinium and the Romans brought their camp followers to Britain until modern times and the use of the internet for advertising.London hadprostitutes than any city in the 17th 19th centuries Poverty was rampant and girls had to go on the game to survive Of course, there were the high class ladies With such a titillating title, the reader might want to use a book cover when reading it in public However, this is a serious look at the sex trade in London from the time that it was called Londinium and the Romans brought their camp followers to Britain until modern times and the use of the internet for advertising.London hadprostitutes than any city in the 17th 19th centuries Poverty was rampant and girls had to go on the game to survive Of course, there were the high class ladies who...A sometimes interesting, sometimes insightful and sometimes boring dive into the life of prostitutes in London since the roman times of Londinium until the recent times of Belle du Jour Unfortunately, as the topic is quite vast, one cannot expect an exhaustive dive into the topic sometimes you get the feeling that Catharine Arnold stretches the topic needlessly while at other times, the topic is brushed off fast, to move on to the next thing.So the book is, in the end, inconsistent but I thin A sometimes interesting, sometimes insightful and sometimes boring dive into the life of prostitutes in London since the roman times of Londinium until the recent times of Belle du Jour Unfortunately, as the topic is quite vast, one cannot expect an ...Catherine Arnold s City of Sin London and its Vices is an entertaining history of the sex industry in London.Arnold takes us back as far as Roman times, and is concerned mostly with prostitution although pornography is dealt with in passing She encompasses every level of prostitution in her story, from the humbles streetwalkers to the most expensive and successful courtesans like Nell Gwyn and Skittles.The author does her best to give her subject matter an even handed treatment She doesn t gl Catherine Arnold s City of Sin London and its Vices is an entertaining history of the sex industry in London.Arnold takes us back as far as Roman times, and is concerned mostly with prostitution although pornography is dealt with in passing She encompasses every level of prostitution in her story, from the humbles streetwalkers to the most expensive and successful courtesans like Nell Gwyn and Skittl...Tales of debauchery This is a very entertaining look at the underground and sometimes right out in the open sexual history of London, from Roman Londinium to the modern era In its 2000 years of existence, London has seen it all, and there are many surprises here The first chapter on Roman London suffers a bit from an apparent lack of local evidence, and so it includes a lot of speculation based on generalities of urban life in the empire, and the extreme depravity of the Caesars which she c Tales of debauchery This is a very entertaining look at the underground and sometimes right out in the open sexual h...After reading K.J Charles s tremendously fun historical gay romance novel, Unfit to print , I wanted nothingthan to find outabout Victorian pornography and prostitution Luckily, I had Catharine Arnold s City of Sin London and Its Vices in my library, so I dived into it City of Sin is a 333 page description of mostly prostitution in London, starting from Roman times and ending in about 2009 the book itself is a bit longer, however, due to the references at the end And tha After reading K.J Charles s tremendously fun historical gay romance novel, Unfit to print , I wanted nothingthan to find outabout Victorian pornography and prostitution Luckily, I had Catharine Arnold s City of Sin London and Its Vices in my library, so I dived into it City of Sin is a 333 page description of mostly prostitution in London, starting from Roman times and ending in about 2009 the book itself is a bit longer, however, due to the references at the end And that would be great, but there isn t enough room to cover things in detail, so it can be a bit hard to truly feel the differences in lifestyle between various ages In short, prostitutes tended to be accepted today, shunned tomorrow, their services were sought out even while they were blamed for the spread of venereal disease, they could earn a lot or barely get by, and the higher up in the hierarchy they were, thelikely they were not to be prosecuted for their profes...Written with an easy style that informs as well as entertains, City of Sin is an eagle eyed view of the English branch of the world s oldest profession through the ages, from the first girls brought in chains to our shores for the sport of the Romans, right up to modern sex workers advertising on the internet, scoring publishing deals and causing the Daily Mail to work themselves into self righteous froths.Taking in those who chose to enter the profession as well as those forced into in through Written with an easy style that informs as well as entertains, City of Sin is an eagle eyed view of the English branch of the world s oldest profession through the ages, from the first girls brought in chains to our shores for the sport of the Romans, right up to modern sex workers advertising on the internet, scoring publishing deals and causing the Daily Mail to work themselves into self righteous froths.Taking in those who chose to enter the profession as well as those forced into in through one means or another, from the poorest street walker to the semi celebrity kept mistresses and courtesans as well as the pimps, bawds and others making money from them, this is a fascinating trip through the ages and the changing attitudes towards sex Eye opening and, at times, eye watering details such as when contemplating the ancient condoms carved from tortoiseshell that the Chinese apparently had to endure al...Interesting Onwards to the next book in the series, now.You should read this if you want a short introduction to the darker side of London Arnold is entertaining, but not a historian by any means The tales she tells are interesting, although she does seem to like picking out the ones that will shock her readers the most She has no cohesive argument She flip flops from protitution to homosexuality although she barely touches lesbianism , and the last few pages or so of the book are completely pointless She simply isn t able to fit 2000 years of You should read this if you want a short introduction to the darker side of London Arnold is entertaining, but not a historian by any means The tales she tells are interesting, although she does seem to like picking out the ones that will shock her readers the most She has no cohesive argument She flip flops from protitution to homosexuality although she barely touches lesbianism , ...

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11 November 2017

Catharine Arnold