Richard Manton

Richard Manton is a legendary name in erotic fiction. July 21st, 2020

Series

Captive

The Captive II (1999)

Brigid, a red-haired beauty, has caused the prosecution of a rich admirer. As retribution, he has Brigid kidnapped and transported to a plantation in the subtropical provinces of Cheluna. Naked and bound before the sadism of Colonel Manrique and the perversities of the Comte de Xantra, Brigid must endure an education in submission until she is ready to serve the man who has chosen her.

Eyes Behind the Mask (2000)

These stories follow the sexual escapades of a masked apprentice who obeys his master's orders to the letter, without pity or scandal. Nineteen-year-olds Karen and Noreen combine the boy's fierce passion with lascivious punishment. Mature young women like Jenny Woodward pay dearly for defying their master, whose masked servant also prints the marks of slavery on Lesley Hollingsworth, following her betrayal in Captive II. The untrained and the self-assured alike learn to shiver as they lie waiting, under the caress of the eyes behind the mask.

The Soundproof Dream (1999)

Beauty lies in bondage everywhere in the tropical island of Cheluna. Joanne, a 19-year-old rebel, is sent to detention on Krater Island where obedience and discipline occupy the secret hours of the night. Like the dark beauty Shirley Wood and blonde shopgirl Maggie Turnbull, Jo is subjected to unending punishment. When her Krater Island training is complete, Joanne's fate is Metron, the palace home of the strange Colonel Mantrique.

Novels

The Victorians in the Harem (1986) Belle Sauvage (1988)

Captain Prince and Susan Webb, a proud beauty of Charleston society, are rivals for Monnelia, the plantation's "belle sauvage". A gentler girl, Tania, attempts to free a pretty Eurasian slave and tastes vengeance from the master's whip. Behind the shuttered windows of the plantation house, white maidservants toil under a different sort of slavery, and in one hot summer of repression, they are all drawn together.

Pearls of the Orient (1988) Bombay Bound: Voluptuous Years As the Viceroy's Emissary in the Indian Rajah's Court (1989)

Educated in Harvard and Trinity College, Oxford, Captain Charles De Vane is an unlikely candidate for exposing the more erotic facets of Edwardian society. He subtitles his book "Voluptuous Years as the Viceroy's Emissary in the Indian Rajah's Court" and involves the reader in the most detailed and intimate accounts of his sexual escapades serving in the British Army in South Africa and India in 1899. Leaving no sexual taboos untested or feats untried, Captain De Vane tests the limits of Edwardian society.

Villa Rosa (1989)

In a luxurious villa in southern France, the exotic Merle presides over arcane rites of submissive contortion performed by Sian and Helyn. And secret photographs reveal the erotic education of Lesley, a married Venus with a boyish crop and a preference for her own sex.

That Wicked Summer (1989) Tropic of Venus (1990) Deep South (1990)

A selection of delicious novelettes explore Southern delights from plantation scandals in Charleston to the modern depravities of Cheluna and Port Xantra. Perfumes of rich blossoms and warm flesh mingle in the adventures of a well-disciplined black beauty and her fair-skinned girlfriends, while leather-booted captains ponder the impudence of pretty offenders under their command. From sumptuous Southern mansions to the stone vaults of retribution, these tales tingle with ordeal and release.

Dreamboat (1990) Fancy Girl (1990)

In this Civil War drama set on a South Carolina plantation, the beautiful young housemaid Miss Jolly suffers the menial hard labor and forced favors of Colonel Ashbee and his English mistress. But Miss Jolly's endurance is rewarded when she escapes to the North and finds her cruel former mistress the captive of a large estate holder.

The Odalisque (1990)

In the high noon of Victorian empire, Lady Jenny Langham accompanies her soldier uncle to the city of Khartoum on the Nile. The inhabitants of that city are soon besieged by an army of natives, and Jenny and her maid fall into the hands of the victorious Mahdi. Bedslaves of the warriors and gentle lovers of each other, the women are enveloped by punishment and pleasure in the long hot months of erotic captivity.

Travellers' Tales (1990)

• La Vie Parisienne (1991)

This sensuous and secretive book represents the cream of banned fiction in 19th century Paris. Each vignette passionately explores the exploits of aristocrats, schoolgirls and circus acrobats, delicately lifting up the petticoats to reveal the hot, deep sensuality beneath the surface of acceptable Parisian life. In these stories, the imperious demands of masters and mistresses are matched only by the sly and perverse sensuality of the girls who serve them.

Pleasure Beach (1993)

At a very special academy, Master Hardman provides special instruction for northern nymphs and southern belles. But the young women must pay whatever price their master demands, even in competitive sports in the harness room, where Mr. Hardman wields his discipline with passionate enthusiasm.

Elaine Cox (1993) Blue Train (1994) Max (1995)

What the world needs now, according to middle-aged curmudgeon Max, is not love but the lash. In this book of sexy short stories, Max, an unrepentant "fancier of the female," uses all his considerable wiles to pursue his dream of dispensing discipline in a world he feels badly needs it.

The Days at Floraville (1998) Noreen (1999)

Noreen is "a strapping young trollop of nineteen," according to the narrator of this novel of obsession in the tradition of the best-selling Elaine Cox. His dreams are haunted by her fine, fair image, and he captures her -- and a defiant young blonde named Maggie -- and introduces both to the thrills of submission.

Aphrodizzia (1999)

Wealth has its privileges, as the group of hapless young women entrusted to rich libertines Dolly and Jack soon discover. The discipline-minded duo gleefully describe the seduction of and erotic punishments they inflict on their innocent charges in a series of letters that explore every kind of pleasure possible with the female body.

Vicky (1999)

The transition from naif to libertine can be a shorter step than might be thought, as the dreamy young maiden Vicky discovers in this turn-of-the-century erotic tale. Her fascination with the pleasures of birch, cane, and whip puts Vicky in the fine tradition of Laura, Beatrice, and other novels of the Victorian underground.

Jeremy (2000)

As a bedroom sadist, Jeremy not only performs perversely brilliant seductions but also manages to part his women from their money in this series of 12 linked narratives. Amazingly, women still dote on him, from his elderly Aunt Em to warm-skinned Daisy, as each sensuous episode unfolds and begins to unlock the secrets of Jeremy's desires.

The Captive's Journey (2001)

Miss Caroline Martin, a stunning English debutante who delights in humiliating her suitors, is abducted by a secret organisation intent on teaching her a thing or two about submission. Held at the Fortress Ben-Abar, Caroline begins her erotic education under the stern tutelage of Jason and the Countess. At the completion of her training she is sent to London to her new master, Sir Basil Rothberg, who revels in the eroticism of seeing this once feisty woman at his feet. There, she is introduced to more debauchery, and begins a new journey to personal erotic fulfilment.

Omnibus

The Captive III, IV, V (2004)

Beauty in bondage lies everywhere on the tropical island of Cheluna, where young women are kept under the tight lock and key of the uncompromising masters of a white slavery ring. Collected here are three classic tales of pain and pleasure set on the shores of the notorious island.

In Volume 3, two wealthy cousins venture deep beyond Cheluna to the remote settlement of Cambina Alta and a life of plantation discipline.

Volume 4 follows the masked apprentice of Cheluna's master, whose mysterious and brutal ways catch the attention of Cheluna's captives.

In Volume 5, rebellious nineteen-year-old Joanne is sent to Cheluna, where she is taught the ways of the rod in preparation for a life of servitude at the palace home of the imperious Colonel Mantrique.

Anthologies edited

The Victorian Imagination (1985)

Collected for the first time in one volume are these excerpts from the masterpieces of Victorian erotic literature. Assembled here are some of the best-known underground favorites: "My Secret Life," "A Man with a Maid," "Suburban Souls," and "Eveline." Also included are several of the newly-discovered Victorian gems: "Birch in the Budoir," "The Amorous Adventures of Capt. Charles De Vane," "Beatrice," and "The Days at Florville." All attest to the daring, ebullience, and voluptuousness of the Victorians' hidden sexual lives, both real and imagined.

Victorian Sampler (1992)

Collected for the first time in one volume are these excerpts from the masterpieces of Victorian erotic literature. Assembled here are selections of the best known underground favorites: My Secret Life, A Man With A Maid, Suburban Souls, and Eveline. Also included are several pieces of newly discovered Victorian gems. All attest to the daring ebullience and voluptuousness of the Victorians' hidden sexual lives, both real and imagined. Included is the best history yet written of Victorian erotic literature. The true story of Charles Carrington, the underground publisher of the period, is as exciting as his books.

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