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A LIGHT-HEARTED, INTIMATE AND EMPHATICALLY FEMINIST HISTORY OF DATING
What if the Duke of Hastings had simply been able to swipe right?Dating has never been easy. The road to true love has always been rutted with heartbreak, but do we have it any easier today?
How did Victorians 'come out'? How did love blossom in war-torn Europe? And why did 80s' video-dating never take off?
Bursting with little-known facts and tantalising tales of lovelorn men and besotted women, Nichi Hodgson's intriguing history of amorous relationships, from enamoured Georgians to frenziedly swiping millennials (and everyone in between) may leave you grateful that you live - and love - today.
'Entertaining and well-researched'
The Lady'Pacey, intelligent and authoritative with bags of wit'
Law Gazette'A whistle-stop tour of dating through history'
History Extra
About the author
Nichi Hodgson is a journalist, broadcaster and author living in London. She regularly contributes to
Sky News, the BBC and the
Telegraph on sex, love, the dating industry and gender politics. A former Silicon Valley matchmaker, Nichi consults for dating apps around the world. Nichi was one of the first British journalists to court-report via Twitter, and is cited in Wikipedia for her coverage of the 2012 obscenity trial, R v Peacock. Nichi co-hosts the
Bisexual Brunch podcast and is a regular commentator on BBC Radio 2's
The Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 4's
Woman's Hour and on BBC Radio 5 Live. She makes frequent appearances in TV documentaries and debates on dating, technology and society. Her first book,
Bound To You, detailing her time as a professional dominatrix and personal submissive, was published by Hodder.
Summary
A light-hearted, intimate and emphatically feminist history of dating, from Jane Austen to Tinder
Foreword
A light-hearted, intimate and emphatically feminist history of dating, from Jane Austen to Tinder
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