SEX AND SEXUALITY IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN

Peek beneath the bedsheets of 19th century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. Artists were pushing the boundaries of sexual depictions in polite society. Upstanding gentlemen were writing secret Diaries about their innermost desires. The lowliest of the population gave thought to illicit desires and sexual pleasure. The book looks at unwritten rules of fashion and courtship, beddings, weddings and bastards, lifts the lid on lust, the rise of commercial pornography, prostitution, philanthropy, and murder, homosexuality in Victorian Britain and more. It also explores bizarre and often entertaining solutions to the challenges associated with maintaining a healthy sex life. Did the people in Victorian times live up to their stereotypes when it came to sexual behaviour? This book will answer this question, as well as looking at fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition through a new lens. 16 pages of illus. 120 pages.