Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; One Channeling the Urge: The First Sex Laws; Two Honor among (Mostly) Men: Cases from Ancient Greece; Three Imperial Bedrooms: Sex and the State in Ancient Rome; Four The Middle Ages: A Crowd Condemned; Five Groping toward Modernity: The Early Modern Period, 1500 - 1700; Six The New World of Sexual Opportunity; Seven The Eighteenth Century: Revelation and Revolution; Eight The Nineteenth Century: Human Nature on Trial; Notes& Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo credits; Index

About the Author

Eric Berkowitz is a writer, lawyer and journalist. Before devoting his practice to public interest and asylum law, he practiced intellectual property and civil litigation in Los Angeles for more than twenty years. Berkowitz has published widely throughout his career, including investigative pieces in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, and articles in the Washington Post and The Economist, among others. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Reviews

‘Extraordinary … I don’t think I’ve ever read such an entertaining historical work’ Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

‘Fascinating and gruesomely compelling’ Mail on Sunday

‘A wonderfully well-written and accomplished book’ Sara Wheeler, Literary Review

‘A wonderful exposure of attempts to regulate sexual activity’ Mary Beard