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For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice and the sins of the flesh. In this text, Catharine Arnold turns her gaze to the city's relationship with vice through the ages. She takes us on a journey through the fleshpots of London from earliest times to present day.
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Catharine Arnold read English at Cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology. A journalist, academic and popular historian, her previous books include the novel Lost Time, winner of a Betty Trask award, and the acclaimed Necropolis: London and Its Dead, Bedlam and City ofSin, the first three volumes of her 'London' series. She lives in Nottingham.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster Ltd
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1847393721
- ISBN 13 9781847393722
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number4
- Number of pages384
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