Sarah Ann Ashby's mother was a harlot, and by the age of fifteen she too
was offering her body to the men around her. With the Battle of
Waterloo complete, and her mother dead, Sarah decides to start a new life in Brighton,
because there were no longer any soldiers in the area she had grown up
in.
In Brighton, Sarah meets Lieutenant Stanville, newly home from Waterloo.
After a brief interlude of getting to know each other, Lieutenant
Stanville introduces Sarah to Madge Perrin, a brothel keeper. Madge
quickly gets Sarah working. She takes to the work with enjoyment. It
is to her that now Captain Stanville brings his younger cousin, Lord
Denton for his sexual initiation.
David, Lord Denton has fallen in love with Sarah. She is astounded at
the wealth he has to hand. He is convinced that she will marry him,
however Sarah thinks otherwise. He does manage to convince her to meet
his parents, but she must not wear her paint and must dress accordingly.
However, Octavia Stanville, David's second cousin is not fooled by
her.
In 1820, Lord Denton achieved his majority, so with his own finances at
hand he convinced Sarah to join him on a tour of Europe. Their idyllic
love excursion comes to an end when Denton receives news that his father
has died, he is now Lord Southbourne, lord of the manor and must return
home.
Will Sarah be able to keep the love of Lord Denton once they get back to
England? What does the future hold for the two of them? Author
Richard Masefield has written a novel of sex and love that is a good
quick read.
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