Chasing It

Horace and Bess, a brother and sister introduced to the pleasures of sex very early in their lives by another pair of siblings, enjoy nothing more than chasing those pleasures at home, in Europe and the Far East, finding them in the company of prostitutes and princes, soldiers and servants, in Venice and Paris, London and Canton. Both of them set up in business to share their pleasures with others, and their expertise in providing just what gives most pleasure to their friends and customers proves that where sex is concerned there is nothing new in the world. Their activities bring them rewards both in money and in reputation – Bess capturing the attentions of a Royal Duke. Here is a delightful farrago, an anthology of sexual pleasure, as spirited and readable now as a hundred years ago.