The Hell-Fire Clubs: Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies

by Evelyn Lord

Book Overview

The first authoritative account of the Hell-Fire Clubs, who joined them, and which notorious legends about them are true

The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. Rumors of their orgies, recruitment of prostitutes, extensive libraries of erotica, extreme rituals, and initiation ceremonies circulated widely at the time, only to become more sensational as generations passed. This thoroughly researched book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300164025
• ISBN13: 9780300164022
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"