title: The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City---Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages
author:  Catharine Arnold 
description: Hugely entertaining . . . [Arnold] is a delightful travelling companion through the centuries of the city of sin. (<i>Jeanette Winterson, The Times (UK)</i>)<br /><br />Often titillating, sometimes shocking, frequently entertaining . . . The book is a lively affirmation of sexual desire in all its varieties. (<i>The Observer (UK)</i>)<br /><br />To pack 2000 years of vice into less than 400 pages is a challenge, but Arnold achieves it admirably. (<i>The Independent (UK)</i>)<br /><br />There's plenty to get stuck into here. Arnold arranges her formidable research lucidly. (<i>Evening Standard (UK)</i>)<br /><br />Richly detailed . . . an engaging survey of sex and the city. (<i>The Sunday Times (UK)</i>)
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  Dear Reader,
  
  History is such a strange, strange creature. I am constantly amazed by the
  things my research unearths, especially when it comes to sexual history. For
  those of you interested in what I uncover (and what doesn’t end up in my
  books…) check out my blog, A Bit O’Muslin, at
  www.DelilahMarvelle.blogspot.com. It will give you an idea as to how much real
  history gets overlooked. When it comes to historical romance, in particular,
  people have a skewed vision of what Regency should be because of all the books
  they have read, without ever really digging into the historical facts. The
  modern reader has a tendency to forget that people back then were still
  people. They loved. They hated. They ate. They drank. And yes, they had sex.
  Lots of it. London’s exploding population proved that.
  
  The idea of Prelude to a Scandal was pieced together to reflect both history
  and hot-button topics that are still being passionately debated today.
  
  Now as for all of those rakes run