LIBERTINE LONDON: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis

Investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830. Uncovers the various experiences of women, whether mistresses, adulteresses or those involved in the sex trade. Undercutting the traditional image of the bawdy 18th century to expose a more sordid story, of women left distressed, ostracized and vilified for their sexual behavior. Well illustrated most in color.