My life in 8 words: "Live to write, write to live"
Catharine Arnold's Books
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Underworld LondonA fascinating portrait of the capital's dark and criminal underbelly throughout historyRead More -
City of SinA vivid historical portrait of London as a city of vice and sexual exuberance from Roman times to the present day.Read More
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NecropolisA vivid historical narrative of how London has dealt with its dead from pagan burial rites through the Black Death to the Blitz and the death of DianaRead More
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Catharine Arnold Revealed
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Death or Glory
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. In this world, nothing can be perfect; but I'd settle for a family picnic at Calke Abbey, a good day in the Rare Books Room at the University Library, or riding my favourite horse up the meadow and looking down to see the clouds sweep across the valley where my husband is watching cricket on the village green.
Q. What’s your best quality?
A. I'm extremely generous
Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. Losing my loved ones
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
A. I'm an entertaining and compelling speaker.
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Authors on the Web
Pocklington Post, June 20, 2011
...London, he wrote, ‘without falling into some sort of crimes. Every quarter of it abounds in great obscenities’. Catharine Arnold’s entertaining and colourful journey through centuries of sex and debauchery in London proves that if Paris is the city...
