Catharine Arnold

Catharine Arnold
Alma materGirton College, Cambridge
OccupationsAuthor, journalist, academic
Writing career
GenrePopular history

Catharine Arnold is a British author, journalist and academic.

She is best known for her 'London' series of five popular history books: Necropolis: London and Its Dead (2006), Bedlam: London and Its Mad (2008), City of Sin: London and Its Vices (2010),[1][2] Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City (2012), and Globe Life in Shakespeare's London (2015).

Among her later works are Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History.

Catharine Arnold read English at Girton College, Cambridge and holds a post-graduate degree in psychology.

In 2020, Arnold served as Writer in Residence for the UK Council for Psychotherapy and Counselling.

Selected works

  • Necropolis: London and Its Dead (2006)
  • Bedlam: London and Its Mad (2008)
  • City of Sin: London and Its Vices (2010)
  • The Sexual History of London (2011)[3]
  • Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City (2012)
  • Globe Life in Shakespeare's London (2015)
  • Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History (2018)

References

  1. ↑ Marchant, Ian (23 August 2006). "City of the dead". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Catharine Arnold". Macmillan US. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Sexual History of London". Macmillan. Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
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