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<p>[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 226185, member: 121"]Amber St. Claire's parents were dead, she had no realization of her aristocratic heritage, and she became a first class courtesan A) to survive, and B) because she ENJOYED it...............</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually that is the plot of a book entitled Forever Amber..........and when it was published and subsequently banned it became a MUST READ for any guy who wanted to know what a wh*re was thinking...............you could be seen (and applauded for) reading Forever Amber, as opposed to Fanny Hill which you kept between the mattresses.....even if you did take your copy from your parent's library bookshelf...........</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS Forever Amber is a good fiction read, but also a reasonably accurate historical reference of the Restoration Period - Kathleen Windsor did such meticulous research that it took years to write the book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 226185, member: 121"]Amber St. Claire's parents were dead, she had no realization of her aristocratic heritage, and she became a first class courtesan A) to survive, and B) because she ENJOYED it............... Actually that is the plot of a book entitled Forever Amber..........and when it was published and subsequently banned it became a MUST READ for any guy who wanted to know what a wh*re was thinking...............you could be seen (and applauded for) reading Forever Amber, as opposed to Fanny Hill which you kept between the mattresses.....even if you did take your copy from your parent's library bookshelf........... PS Forever Amber is a good fiction read, but also a reasonably accurate historical reference of the Restoration Period - Kathleen Windsor did such meticulous research that it took years to write the book.[/QUOTE]
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