History of a Pleasure Seeker

History of a Pleasure Seeker

Genre

Audio book narrated by Dan

Author

Richard Mason

Publisher

Orion Publishing Group

Synopsis

Piet Barol is an alluring and intelligent young man who has escaped his drab existence, living with his father in the university town of Leiden, and moved to Amsterdam to take up a job in the city's 'Gilded Curve'. He has been employed by the wealthy Vermeulen-Sickerts family to tutor their son Egbert, a boy with prodigious musical talent who has not set foot outside for a year and a half. Piet soon attracts the attentions of Constance and Louisa, the boy's sisters, and their mother Jacobina who has been living in a sexless marriage since her husband made a pledge to God. Piet is determined to find a way of gaining entry to high society, through the family, although he must also retain the good will of his fellow servants. Piet finds many ways to pursue his pleasure-seeking ways, but when he seduces - or is seduced by - Jacobina, the future he has been so carefully building could vanish... Set in Amsterdam's 'Gilded Curve' at the turn of the century, the story of a pleasure-seeking young tutor as he tries to make his way in society. Unabridged edition.

Published date

27th May 2010

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