French Letters and English Overcoats: Sexual Fallacies and Fads from Ancient Greece to the Millenium

French Letters & English Overcoats is a painstakingly researched and thoroughly entertaining account of sexual fads and fallacies through the ages. Focussing on topics such as the famous sex books and their pearls of wisdom, ingenious and varied methods of avoiding conception, or the art of lovemaking (in and out of bed), Richard De'ath has trawled thru the centuries to find stories of the absurd and the ridiculous. Illustrated throughout with amusing cartoons and line drawings, French Letters & English Overcoats is an informative and often hilarious book which bears witness to centuries of attempts to understand and perfect the act of sex.