"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. What does the 'tradition of marriage' really look like In A History of Marriage, Elizabeth Abbott paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution. The author has a flair for sweetening the facts with her palatable style."- Kirkus She links marital struggles of the past to current issues in spousal relationships, and warns us not to romanticize history. " weaves stories and facts in a kind of loosely fluid narrative that makes pleasant reading. If you enjoy a good wedding, are first in line to dance The Hora, or you've divorced yourself from boring reads, then find A History of Marriage."- Long Island Pulse "This book is like taking a centuries-long, world-wide trip down a petal-strewn aisle, and I loved it. "No thoughtful person-married, celibate, unfaithful or otherwise-should be without this book."- Mark Kingwell, author of The World We Want It's not always a pretty picture but it's a fascinating one."- Judith Timson, author of Family Matters "Deftly shows how this always fragile, yet always resilient institution has evolved. Beyond the personalities, some interesting themes emerge: the relationship between mistresses of colour and their married men the coercion of Jewish women during the Holocaust and a contemporary look at today’s "power" mistresses.įrom lust to love, from money to power, Abbott’s A History of Mistresses ferrets out the motives and morals of these women, carrying the reader along on a journey that is hugely informative and always entertaining."Elizabeth Abbott has penned a masterpiece.a wide-ranging account of how the social intersects with many forms of the personal."- Ahmad Saidullah, author of Happiness and Other Disorders ELIZABETH ABBOTT is the bestselling author of A History of Celibacy, A History of Mistresses, A History of Marriage, and Sugar. Mobster molls, trophy dolls and modern mistresses are deconstructed, with often surprising results. In a lively and accessible style, History of Mistresses draws intimate portraits of mistresses throughout history, from Chinese concubines to Europe’s royal mistresses and the clandestine consorts of (un)celibate clerics. But who is she, really? What is the true nature of the mistress-lover relationship? How do women experience mistressdom? And where does love figure in all of this?Įlizabeth Abbott, who made celibacy sexy in her acclaimed A History of Celibacy, has the fascinating storehouse of answers in a deliciously rich blend of history, personality and cultural study.
She is a mistress, and she has been – and is – very much apart of our human cultural history. She has been known as the "kept woman," the "fancy woman," and the "other woman." The French acknowledge her existence by remarking, "The chains of marriage are so heavy that it often takes three people to carry them." She is Jeanne Antoinette de Pompadour, and Simone de Beauvoir, not to mention Marilyn Monroe and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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