This book, which grew out of Lister's online research project Whores of Yore, presents a global history of the oldest profession from the viewpoint of the sex workers themselves. From Mesopo... read more
An entertaining group-biog of the American babes who inherited money and married titles. The usual line-up: Mary Davies (Grosvenor), Consuelo Vanderbilt (Marlborough); Singer, Fellowes, de J... read more
A portrait of the scandalous Oxford club, of which EW was briefly secretary, and looks at the lives of several of his contemporaries too. Seven of them found their way into Brideshead... The... read more