Strange Antics: A History of Seduction
- ISBN-10
- 0008285713
- ISBN-13
- 9780008285715
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-02-04
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Author
- Clement Knox
Description
When is seduction about more than just sex? In this brilliantly original history, Clement Knox explores these questions as well as the philosophy, legality, politics, art and literature of a force that underwrites our world.
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