Sex/Erotica

The clergy and its hypocrisy is a continuing scab on any true religion, as seen today by the rampant and rabid pedophilism practiced by the church, both protestant and catholic. This erotic tale of the clergy was less condemning than we would be today and it preserves a window into the past of what the church was really up to behind its hidden doors.

Though the topics and themes are much the same as American erotica, the British use of English adds a luster to the stories, missing from the vulgar used in America. One of the more interesting facets of the ongoing sexual revolution today is that people are openly discussing and dealing with and coping with the more natural sexual phenomena that have for so long been considered "unmentionable". This interesting novel deals with just such a phenomenon - what happens when sexual excitement is no longer present in a marriage?

History-biographies of daring women that went against the norms.

Freedom of thought, and freedom of press was a landmark of the Roman Republic era... Many advances in the sciences and arts were accomplished due to this freedom. Unlike today's religious nonsense, Ovid's love stories were produced when the prevailing religion of the times supported such freedom of expression. Hail our god - Caesar?

If in so learned an Age as this, when Arts and Sciences are risen to such Perfection, there be any Gentleman unskilled in the Art of Loving, let him come to my School; where, if he hath any Genius, he will soon become an Adept

Originally published in two small volumes, now both volumes reprinted in one book. Historic look at erotic writings of the ancient world. Added by TGS: 16 illustrations representing the period and subject.