Love: A Curious History With Edward Brooke-hitching

From the author of the critically acclaimed The Phantom Atlas and The Madman’s Library (Sunday Times Book of the Year) comes a magnificent new illustrated work, Love: A Curious History.

Edward Brooke-Hitching is an author, a collector of curiosities and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Edward worked as a scriptwriter and factfinder for the hit BBC television series QI before leaving to become a full-time writer.

From prehistoric carvings and ancient Egyptian statues, to medieval spell books and Victorian code-writing, this unique collection gathers a wealth of curious objects and surprising stories to trace the story of love through the ages.