Dominatrices by Nationality - American Dominatrices, British Dominatrices, French Dominatrices, German Dominatrices, Mexican Dominatrices (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: American Dominatrices, British Dominatrices, French Dominatrices, German Dominatrices, Mexican Dominatrices, Theresa Berkley, Eva Norvind, Domenica Niehoff, Gloria Brame, Tabitha Fringe Chase, Matresse Franoise, Mistress Matisse, Barbara Asher, Georgia Payne. Excerpt: Theresa Berkley (died September 1836) was a 19th century English dominatrix who ran a brothel in at 28 Charlotte Street, just to the north of Soho, London specialising in flagellation. She is notable as the inventor of the "chevalet" or "Berkley Horse", a piece of BDSM apparatus. There were many high-class brothels in the 19th century. One of the most famous of these was run by a Mrs Theresa Berkley (or Berkeley) of 28 Charlotte Street. She was a "governess"; i.e. she specialized in chastisement, whipping, flagellation, and the like. She was even credited with the invention of the Berkley Horse, an ingenious flogging machine that reportedly earned her a fortune in flogging wealthy men and women of the time. There are no artworks depicting what Theresa Berkley looked like, and occasional descriptions usually report that she was attractive, with a strong disposition. An expert with all instruments of torture, her talents became highly sought after by the aristocracy of the day. She was a master of the art of inflicting pain for pleasure, and practised absolute privacy to protect her clientle. Her clients were said to have been both men and women of wealth, and her career was financially lucrative. One writer said of her: "She possessed the first requisite of a courtezan, viz., lewdness; for without a woman is positively lecherous she cannot keep up the affectation of it, and it will soon be perceived that she moves her hands or her buttocks to the tune of pounds, shillings, an... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=386630