Ewing, Frederick - I, Libertine
“Gadzooks, but here’s a saucy bawd!”
BANNED IN BOSTON.
With credentials like that, I knew this must be good.
Rollicking historical adventure, the sort you seldom find anymore, and certainly will not read.
Lance, 18th century hustler, advances up the social rank via romantic dalliances.
Schemes and steam aplenty. Those of faint heart, beware.
Believe it or not, this was a bestseller at one point.
Also a favorite of Jean Shepherd (“you’ll shoot your eye out”) and SciFi great Theodore Sturgeon.
Ideal book for lovers of spring, particularly April.