Many loved The Big Book of Legs, but some found it hopelessly heavy, weighing almost seven kilos. Indeed, it was filled with well-toned legs spanning six decades, from the first shy appearance of the ankle in the 1910s, through the fabric stockings and pink knees of the 1920s, to Betty Grable of the 1940s, the stockings and stilettos of the 1950s, and then...