The Hellfire Clubs by Evelyn Lord

The Hellfire Clubs by Evelyn Lord

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Summary

The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence.

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The Hellfire Clubs by Evelyn Lord

The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence.
Evelyn Lord has published widely on local history and is the author of The Knights Templar in Britain and The Stuart Secret Army. She lives in Cambridge, UK.
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ISBN 13 9780300164022
ISBN 10 0300164025
Title The Hellfire Clubs
Author Evelyn Lord
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 2010-03-15
Number of pages 250
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