History's Naughty Bits
209 printed pages
- Copyright owner
- Michael O'Mara Books
- Original publication
- 2013
- Publication year
- 2013
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara
Impressions
- Akshat Tiwarishared an impression9 years ago
👍Worth reading💡Learnt A Lot🎯Worthwhile💞Loved Up🚀UnputdownableHumourous, riveting and every bit interesting this book enthralls you and takes you the seedier side of humanity
- Victoria Dembrovskashared an impression5 years ago
💡Learnt A Lot🌴Beach Bag Book - miwakoshared an impression3 years ago
👍Worth reading
Quotes
- Victoria Dembrovskahas quoted5 years agoOne of the most outrageous stories concerned Vedius Pollio, who fed slaves at will to the lamprey eels in his fishpond if they displeased him. This was deemed shockingly cruel, even by Roman standards, and Emperor Augustus himself intervened on behalf of a slave. One evening, when Augustus was dining with Vedius Pollio, a slave broke a crystal cup. To save the terrified servant, Augustus proceeded to smash all the crystal cups at the table.
When Augustus inherited Vedius’s magnificent villa on his death, he had it demolished so that the house would not remain as a monument to its evil owner. - anastasijadchas quoted10 months ago
Does it really matter what these affectionate people do – so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses?
Mrs Patrick Campbell - anastasijadchas quoted10 months agoA strange book was published in 1779 called The English Spy; or Secret Correspondence between Milord the Eye and Milord the Ear which offers a glimpse inside a Parisian brothel of the day.
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