A fantastical tale of inescapable pleasure! Dedeaux sets his tale within the boundaries of The Territory, the ultimate fantasy patriarchy. While residing there, all women are strongly encouraged to live by its unusual system. As they discover, its hard to tell whats more strict obedience or thrilling chastisement!
P.N. Dedeaux is Geoffrey Atheling Wagner (1927-2006), an English born American translator and writer of novels, essays and criticism.
He was born in the UK before becoming a US citizen. He lived most of his life in New York and was a Professor of English there. His PhD was gained at Columbia University where he taught. He also taught at University of Rochester and NYU as well as at the City College of New York.
Wagner was married to the figurative artist Colleen Browning, whom he met in Ischia and quickly married in the US (1949). She died in 2003 at the age of 85, Geoffrey dying a few years later. He was a good friend of John Glassco, who is known for his magnificent The English Governess.
After divorcing her husband, Joanna visits her sister who lives in the fictional African country 'The Territory', where corporal punishment is a daily fact of life for the the women of the country. She is outraged at first but then comes to realize she enjoys the practice.
A classic of the erotic flagellation genre.
First published in 1969 by Greenleaf Classics under the Chaucer Cartwright pseudonym, and then in 1972 as 'The Whipmasters' by Roger Cunningham under the Venus Library imprint.