Strange Antics : A History of Seduction by Clement Knox

Strange Antics : A History of Seduction by Clement KnoxWhen is seduction about more than just sex? In this brilliantly original history, Clement Knox explores these questions as well as the philosophy, legality, politics, art and literature of a force that underwrites our world. In the first history of its kind, Clement Knox reassesses our idea of seduction in a narrative that moves from Casanova's pursuit of pleasure, to America's racialised seduction laws, to the Nazi propaganda designed to stoke sexual

Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross

But once you've made the leap

Joan Didion's savage masterpiece

and where conservation and environmental activism is not just about saving trees

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Shy and gentle

" -Paula Hawkins in The Guardian

They learn so much along the way

or is she simply ignorant of those conventions

Former Children's Laureate and CILIP Carnegie Medal winner Sir Michael Morpurgo's beautiful story is both moving and full of hope

'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love' Candice Carty-Williams

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