The Curious History of Dating: From Jane Austen to Tinder

Description

A book for anyone who's ever dated or been wooed, successfully or otherwise - the young and lovestruck, the single and lovelorn, the older and love-worn, the simply curious and a beautiful hardback, to boot, for the amorous gift-giver. A brief and very readable but nevertheless informative history of dating that covers pretty much everything from the rules of Regency courtship - including the surprisingly early advent of personal ads, not touched on by Jane Austen - to swiping right.

Nichi Hodgson is a journalist, broadcaster and author living in London. She regularly contributes to Sky News, the BBC and the Telegraph on sex, love, the dating industry and gender politics. A former Silicon Valley matchmaker, Nichi consults for dating apps around the world. Nichi was one of the first British journalists to court-report via Twitter, and is cited in Wikipedia for her coverage of the 2012 obscenity trial, R v Peacock. Nichi co-hosts the Bisexual Brunch podcast and is a regular commentator on BBC Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and on BBC Radio 5 Live. She makes frequent appearances in TV documentaries and debates on dating, technology and society. Her first book, Bound To You, detailing her time as a professional dominatrix and personal submissive, was published by Hodder.

Bound to You is a welt-mark above the majority of books which have been marketed to the Fifty Shades fan, and will make an elegant edition to any discerning woman's top shelf. - Literary Review