Book of the day: Virgin: The Untouched History by Hanne Blank

In “Virgin: The Untouched History by Hanne Blank,” Hanne Blank brings us a revolutionary, rich, and entertaining survey of astonishing untouched history. She tackles the reality of what we do and don't know about virginity and provides a sweeping tour of virgins in history. In this fascinating work, Hanne Blank shows for the first time why everything we think we know about virginity is wrong.

Hanne Blank is a historian, writer, editor, and public speaker. She was born in Northampton, becoming a classically trained musician and then a formally educated historian. As a musician, she was a fellow of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and was the 1991 recipient of the George Whitefield Chadwick medal for work as a proponent of contemporary art music.