Orgasm and the West: A History of Pleasure from the 16th Century to the Present

"A book that is readable AND sexy, the history of Orgasm and the West is the sort of cultural history that enables one to connect our bodies to our past – and our future. A brilliant and exciting addition to the newest thinking about the history of the body!"
Sander Gilman, author of Sexuality: An Illustrated History

"Sexual repression has never had such a good press ... Muchembled's encyclopaedic knowledge of European culture from the Renaissance onwards invites intricate dissection."
History Today