Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped

Title Page......Page 3
Dedication Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Introduction: Welcome to the Secret Cabinet......Page 9
The Champagne Glass–Breast Connection (AD 1788)......Page 11
Standing Up in Court: The Dreaded French Impotence Trials (AD 1657)......Page 13
Why Castrati Made Better Lovers (AD 1720)......Page 16
First-Night Jitters: The Medieval Droit de Seigneur (AD 1000)......Page 20
Sex and the Renaissance Nun (AD 1450)......Page 22
Who’s Responsible for the Stag Movie? (AD 1915)......Page 26
Napoleon Is Dead! Long Live Napoleon’s Privates! (AD 1821)......Page 28
Easy-Reference Chart: Where Are They Now? Celebrity Body Parts......Page 35
The Nazi Dictator’s Other Ball (AD 1945)......Page 48
Who’s Buried in Custer’s Tomb? (AD 1876)......Page 51
Cleopatra—on a Scale of One to Ten (40 BC)......Page 53
More Than Just a Pretty Face? Giacomo Casanova (AD 1764)......Page 55
Hints of Cherry and Witch’s Urine? (AD 1400)......Page 60
Who Didn’t Have Syphilis in Belle Époque Paris? (AD 1890)......Page 63
Holding Your Own at Caligula’s Orgies (AD 45)......Page 66
Easy- Reference Chart: Imperial Roman Sleaze......Page 69
The Invention of Smut (AD 1819)......Page 72
Quick, Jeeves, Cover the Piano Legs! (AD 1837)......Page 75
For a Good Time, Try Revolutionary Paris (AD 1789)......Page 79
Napoleon Unzipped #1: An Innocent Abroad (AD 1787)......Page 82
Ancient Greek Temples of Sex (and Why They Should Be Reopened) (500 BC)......Page 83
Kitchen Fantasies, Renais sance Style (AD 1400)......Page 86
Easy-Reference Chart: How Wretched Were the Impressionists? (AD 1865)......Page 89
Did Mary Ever Say She Was a Virgin? (AD 1)......Page 96
Postguillotine Stress Disorder (AD 1795)......Page 98
Will Lincoln Ever Be Outed? (AD 1837)......Page 100
Oh, Behave! Clubbing in Boy’s Own Britain (AD 1740)......Page 105
Napoleon Unzipped #2: The Trouble with Josephine (AD 1796)......Page 110
Desperate Crusader Wives: Who Wore the Chastity Belt? (AD 1196)......Page 115
Columbus Discovers the Clitoris (AD 1559)......Page 117
Make-Your-Own Condoms (AD 1600)......Page 123
Weimar Berlin Voted World’s Most Decadent City (AD 1923)......Page 126
Alexander the Great Fairy? (330 BC)......Page 131
When George Met Sally (AD 1760)......Page 134
Holy Guide to Coital Positions (AD 1215)......Page 140
Did Heretics Have More Fun? (AD 1324)......Page 143
The Marquis de Sade’s Mother-in-Law (AD 1763)......Page 146
Liberty, Fraternity, Gastronomy: The Invention of the Restaurant (AD 1795)......Page 153
How Many Love Children Did Thomas Jefferson Have with His Slaves? (AD 1802)......Page 157
The Monster Fig Leaf of Florence (AD 1504)......Page 161
Annals of Real Estate: A User’s Guide to the Property Markets of History......Page 166
What Was J. Edgar Hoover’s Favorite Party Outfit? (AD 1958)......Page 172
Pornography of the Kitchen: Birth of the Celebrity Chef (AD 1805)......Page 178
A Menu for Lunatics: Futurist Food (AD 1932)......Page 181
Napoleon Unzipped #3: Three Minutes with the Emperor (AD 1810)......Page 185
JFK’s Home Delivery Service (AD 1960)......Page 187
The Curse of Self-Abuse (c. AD 1712)......Page 190
Of Saints and Supermodels (AD 1375)......Page 194
Vatican Hall of Shame......Page 199
Catherine the Great and the Horsey Affair (AD 1796)......Page 202
Cocktails, Sodomy, and the Lash: How Lust Kept the British Empire Strong (AD 1900)......Page 206
Napoleon Unzipped #4: The Last Stand (AD 1815)......Page 211
Scent of a Führer (AD 1937)......Page 212
Easy- Reference Chart: Those Dastardly Robber Barons (What Did They Really Get Away With?) (AD 1875)......Page 217
The Fastest Food in the West (AD 1875)......Page 224
The Semen of Hercules (400 BC)......Page 226
Last Dinner on the Titanic (AD 1912)......Page 229
Epilogue: Napoleon Unzipped #5: Shrinkage? (AD 1821)......Page 231
Acknowledgments......Page 233
Index......Page 235
About the Author......Page 247
Also by Tony Perrottet......Page 248
Credits......Page 249
Copyright Notice......Page 250
About the Publisher......Page 251