num_pages: 216
description: Peek beneath the bedsheets of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reigns of Georges I-IV. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behaviour and the ways in which these attitudes were often determined by those in positions of power and authority. It also explores our ancestors' ingenious surprising bizarre and often entertaining solutions to the challenges associated with maintaining a healthy sex life.Did the people in Georgian Britain 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 leaving the reader enlightened and with a new regard for the ingenuity and character of our ancestors.
language: English
title: Sex and Sexuality in Georgian Britain
publisher: Pen and Sword History