Did you know that the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut prepared for lovers by having her feet tickled with a peacock feather until her passions raged? That Thomas Hardy and F. Scott Fitzgerald were foot fetishists, whereas Tolstoy and Dostoevsky were bootmen? That the foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles, and yards of nerves and blood vessels? Our feet are unsung heroes, absorbing some five million pounds of pressure per day as they do their job of carting us from place to place. Kathy Vanderlinden has collected a closetful of fascinating information about the physical foot, the sexy foot, foot fashion, foot fetishism, and other aspects of that part of the body that fascinates many of us.

Throughout this lusciously illustrated book there are portraits of provocative, playful, and painted feet; photos of beautiful, grotesque, and sexy shoes; the foot in paintings and other works of art; famous feet; and foot ornamentation, all of which illustrate the many faces of the foot. This eclectic and enchanting compendium will delight all those who have rhapsodized over their feet, been seduced by a pair of shoes, or spent time having a pedicure.