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Book Synopsis The Naughty Victorian Hand Book by : Burton Silver
Download or read book The Naughty Victorian Hand Book written by Burton Silver and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now readers can have the underside of Victoriana at their fingertips. Thirteen meticulous black-and-white engravings of turn-of-the-century ladies and gentlemen allow readers to create sensuous images that actually move and are real to the touch.
Book Synopsis Love in the Time of Victoria by : Francoise Barret-Ducrocq
Download or read book Love in the Time of Victoria written by Francoise Barret-Ducrocq and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using firsthand documents uncovered in the archives of a London foundling hospital, Barret-Ducrocq offers a marvelously acute census of Victorian sexual and moral attitudes.
Download or read book Frog Music written by Emma Donoghue and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Room, a young French burlesque dancer living in San Francisco is ready to risk anything in order to solve her friend’s murder—but only if the killer doesn’t get her first. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman named Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice—if he doesn't track her down first. The story Blanche struggles to piece together is one of free-love bohemians, desperate paupers, and arrogant millionaires; of jealous men, icy women, and damaged children. It's the secret life of Jenny herself, a notorious character who breaks the law every morning by getting dressed: a charmer as slippery as the frogs she hunts. In thrilling, cinematic style, Frog Music digs up a long-forgotten, never-solved crime. Full of songs that migrated across the world, Emma Donoghue's lyrical tale of love and bloodshed among lowlifes captures the pulse of a boomtown like no other. "Her greatest achievement yet . . . Emma Donoghue shows more than range with Frog Music—she shows genius." —Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life.
Download or read book Unmentionable written by Therese Oneill and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't question.) UNMENTIONABLE is your hilarious, illustrated, scandalously honest (yet never crass) guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood, giving you detailed advice on: ~ What to wear ~ Where to relieve yourself ~ How to conceal your loathsome addiction to menstruating ~ What to expect on your wedding night ~ How to be the perfect Victorian wife ~ Why masturbating will kill you ~ And more Irresistibly charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and featuring nearly 200 images from Victorian publications, UNMENTIONABLE will inspire a whole new level of respect for Elizabeth Bennett, Scarlet O'Hara, Jane Eyre, and all of our great, great grandmothers. (And it just might leave you feeling ecstatically grateful to live in an age of pants, super absorbency tampons, epidurals, anti-depressants, and not-dying-of-the-syphilis-your-husband-brought-home.)
Book Synopsis The Instruction of Olivia by : Geoffrey Allen
Download or read book The Instruction of Olivia written by Geoffrey Allen and published by Chimera Books. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mid-Victorian England, and a young voluptuous vagrant, Olivia, is sentenced to hard labour in the notorious House of Correction, where discipline and punishment are freely administered and Olivia finds no respite from either the birch rod or the amorous embraces of the sexually frustrated inmates. When released she unwittingly embarks upon a journey that takes her into the dark underworld of London, where her chastity is under constant assault. But although determined to remain pure, Olivia gradually discovers her own desires and finds resistance increasingly difficult. But who will be the one to gain access to what has always been denied...'
Download or read book Why Cats Paint written by Burton Silver and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1994, WHY CATS PAINT took the art world and animal world by storm with its unprecedented photographic record of cat creativity. Those seminal books in feline aesthetics are now offered in new pocket-size editions filled with the best from each volume, making purrfect gifts for cat lovers and art lovers alike.Reviews"great for stocking stuffers."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Download or read book Born to Rule written by Julia P. Gelardi and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family-with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much maligned sister, daughter of an Emperor and herself the mother of no less than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile. Born to Rule evokes a world of luxury, wealth, and power in a bygone era, while also recounting the ordeals suffered by a unique group of royal women who at times faced poverty, exile, and death. Praised in their lifetimes for their legendary beauty, many of these women were also lauded-and reviled-for their political influence. Using never before published letters, memoirs, diplomatic documents, secondary sources, and interviews with descendents of the subjects, Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an astonishing and memorable work of popular history.
Book Synopsis Late Victorian Holocausts by : Mike Davis
Download or read book Late Victorian Holocausts written by Mike Davis and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants' lives.
Book Synopsis Masterpieces of Victorian Erotica by : Major LaCaritilie
Download or read book Masterpieces of Victorian Erotica written by Major LaCaritilie and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be a masterpiece, a work has to distinguish itself in many ways. It can offer a deeper insight, a more vivid image or a more surprising turn. Or it can be unique, truly peerless in its style. Having distinguished themselves in these ways, the works in this volume represent the very best of the Victorian imagination. There's poetry and prose, narrative and instructional guide; there's fetish, queer, s/m and vanilla; there's bawdy, tender and daring. These stories cannot fail to arouse, stimulate and amaze with their delightful sexiness and bold originality.
Book Synopsis A Rake's Guide to Pleasure by : Victoria Dahl
Download or read book A Rake's Guide to Pleasure written by Victoria Dahl and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bankrupt woman sets out to bewitch London's noblemen by engaging them in games of chance. She soon titillates a dashing duke, who is determined to discover her secrets--and capture her heart.
Download or read book Dirty Wings written by Sarah McCarry and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gorgeous retelling of the Persephone myth, McCarry presents the story of Cass and MaiaNthe mothers from "All Our Pretty Songs"Nand how their fates became intertwined.
Book Synopsis The Crimson Petal and the White by : Michel Faber
Download or read book The Crimson Petal and the White written by Michel Faber and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yearning to escape her life of prostitution in 1870s London, Sugar finds her fate entangled in the complicated family life of patron William, an egotistical perfume magnate.
Download or read book One Naughty Night written by Laurel McKee and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred years has passed since the bitter rivalry between the St. Claires and the Huntingtons began. But in London, the feud goes on . . . UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT, NOTHING IS FORBIDDEN Lily St. Claire will do anything for the family that saved her from the streets. With their support, the young widow has become the hostess of The Devil's Fancy, London's most exclusive gaming den. She's determined to restore the St. Claire family fortune, lost a century before to the despised Huntington clan. But a ghost from her past may be her ultimate undoing . . . Lord Aidan Huntington is handsome and wealthy, with a taste for adventure and a reputation for wickedness. A gambler and a rake, Aidan can't resist a seductive woman with secrets - but one naughty night with Lily leaves him wanting more. As Lily is drawn into London's dark underworld by an old enemy, Aidan will risk everything to save the woman who has awakened his deepest desires.
Download or read book Naughty or Nice written by Melanie George and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tis the season of merriment and joy -- but the prospect of having a guardian imposed on her leaves Lady Francine Fitz Hugh feeling distinctly un-merry. She'll just have to drive the crotchety old man away! Unfortunately, Lucian Kendall turns out to be tall, dark, and sinfully attractive. The heat in his eyes when he looks at her tells Fancy that he's not leaving anytime soon...and worse, she doesn't really want him to. As his ward, Fancy is off-limits to Lucien -- but her impudent charm, fierce loyalty, and lithe curves tempt him unbearably. He can't help but imagine teaching her the wicked ways of passion...and how her innocence might soothe his torment. When his dark past is inevitably revealed, though, the truth might destroy them both. In the season of love and goodwill, does he dare hope for a miracle?
Book Synopsis A Human Document by : William Hurrell Mallock
Download or read book A Human Document written by William Hurrell Mallock and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Naughty Nineties by : Peter S. Seymour
Download or read book The Naughty Nineties written by Peter S. Seymour and published by PSS Adult. This book was released on 1982 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians (New Edition) by : Terry Deary
Download or read book Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians (New Edition) written by Terry Deary and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They may have looked all prim and proper, but the Victorians were a jolly naughty bunch who could be vicious and violent and villainous. Readers can discover the murderers who wouldn't hang, when the first public loo was flushed and all about stag hunting in Paddington Station. With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans. Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make Horrible Histories more accessible to young readers.
