From the harems of the Pashas ( A Night in a Moorish Harem) to the licentious boudoir of a Parisian libertine (The Altar of Venus); from the blood-stirring heat of a Spanish beach ( With Open Mouth) to the less than chaste devotions of a French nunnery ( The Pleasures of Lolotte), this exhilirating anthology provides the connoisseur with the flavour of a dozen forbidden works.