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by Arthur Marwick

Book Overview

If Cleopatra's nose had been half an inch longer, neither Caesar nor Mark Antony would have fallen in love with her. It: A History of Human Beauty treats outstanding physical attractiveness as a quality or possession, comparable to power, intelligence, strength, wealth, education or family, that had a marked effect on history. Beauty in men and women opened opportunities to its possessors not available to the ordinary looking or ugly. While in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852854480
• ISBN13: 9781852854485
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"