City of Sin: London and It’s Vices

Hardcover • 2010 • English

City of Sin: London and It’s Vices

By Catharine Arnold

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About the book

If Paris is the city of love, then London is the city of lust. For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice and the sins of the flesh. Richard of Devises, a monk writing in 1180, warned that 'every quarter [of the city] abounds in great obscenities'. As early as the second century AD, London was notorious for its raucous festivities and disorderly houses, and throughout the centuries the bawdy side of life has taken easy root and flourished. In the third ...Show more

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9781847373519

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

City of Sin: London and It’s Vices

Format

Hardcover

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