Sordid Sex Lives Author:Nigel Cawthorne The pages of this book reveal 45 shocking, scandalous -- and often disturbing -- stories of promiscuity and sexual perversion throughout the ages. Uncovered here are the orgies of Cleopatra and the incest of the Romans: the darkest fantasies of Michelangelo and the gross indecencies of the Marquis de Sade: as well as the insatiable desires of Ra... more »sputin, the degrading fetishes of Adolf Hitler, the unashamed exhibitionism of Tallulah Bankhead and the dirty thrills of Elvis Presley.
From sado-masochism and voyeurism to coprophilia and flagellation... Sordid Sex Lives offers an insight into the shocking practices in which so many famous men and women have participated over the years. What motivates these sexual desires? Were they ever considered normal? And what happened to those whose filthy secrets were found out? Complemented with iconic photographs and bursting with real-life accounts, this is the most explicit and shocking account of the sex lives of some of history's most notorious characters.« less