<p>In this fascinating book Kenneth Baker explores how the Seven Deadly Sins ? Pride, Anger, Sloth, Envy, Avarice, Gluttony and Lust ? have shaped history from the Greek and Roman Civilisations, through their heyday in the Middle Ages, when sinners really believed they could go to Hell for all eternity, to the secular world of today, where they are still an alluring and destructive force.<br>Today most sinners are punished in this world not the n...