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IT’S HARD TO FIND A GOOD “SEX CHAIR” THESE DAYS…

But such was not the case in belle époque Paris.

Back in the “beautiful era” of the 1880s and 1890s, celebrated in modern films like Moulin Rouge!, a notorious erotic device was kept in one of the brothels called Le Chabanais. It was built for use by the British Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, who was Read more of this blog post »

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	Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped 3.73 avg rating — 1,144 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution That Changed World History 4.29 avg rating — 821 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pagan Holiday: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists 3.83 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games 3.76 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sinner's Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe 3.53 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Off the Deep End: Travels in Forgotten Frontiers 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Muir’s Yosemite 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secrets of Monument Valley 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ancient Roman Reading Craze by Tony Perrottet (Goodreads Author), Timothy McKean (Reading) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2500 años de historia al desnudo liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Whenever anyone tells me that history's boring, I bring up Napoleon's penis.”
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“Whenever someone implies that history is boring, I bring up Napoleon's penis.”
― Tony Perrottet, Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped

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“It was an excellent place to be if you wanted to hear crowds of wretched philosophers heaping abuse on one another—an endless number of historians reading out their imbecilic writings—innumerable poets reciting their drivel to the wild applause of other poets—gaggles of magicians showing their tricks—throngs of fortune-tellers telling fortunes—countless lawyers perverting justice—or armies of peddlers hawking whatever rubbish came to hand. . . . —DIO THE GOLDEN-TONGUED, C. A.D. 100 ONCE”
― Tony Perrottet, The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games

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