<DIV>From chopines to stilettos, Louis XIV to Louboutin, <i>Shoes: An Illustrated History</i> is the definitive guide to footwear.<br/> <br/>Shoes have always been more than just a practical necessity. They reveal the culture of the times in which they were worn – the sexual morals, the social power play, as well as the endless shifting of fashion. Rebecca Shawcross takes the reader on a fascinating journey – packed with social and historical detail – of making and wearing, of the spectacular and the everyday, of conforming and rebelling.<br/> <br/>Lavishly illustrated with a dazzling array of shoes from all over the world, <i>Shoes: An Illustrated History</i> tells the extraordinary story of this ultimate object of desire, from antiquity to the present.</div>