A Curious History of Sex

About the book

'Buckle your trousers, fasten your seatbelts, here comes Kate Lister. Her curious history of sex is a wild ride, made all the more enjoyable by a wonderfully irreverent approach . . . I've never had so much fun learning stuff'
The Times
'Had Victoria Wood decided to write a scholarly book about sex, it would be like this. Lister has a saucy wit . . . I laughed out loud.'
Daily Mail
'Lister romps her way through masturbation, menstruation and prostitution, the invention of condoms, the use of vibrators to cure hysteria and much more . . . Glorious'
Evening Standard
This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throughout time, as that would entail writing an...