This was the first edition in English (translator: Geoffrey Wagner) of a scandalous French bestseller about a young female aristocrat who enslaves an escaped rapist in her chateau, punishing him with a horsewhip and chain. Avon published this as a U.S. paperback original after other U.S. publishers had turned it down, even though the author's "storytelling genius" is described as "reminiscent of the great French masters". Modest spine end wear, 2 slight cracks across spine, light edge/corner wear, toned pages. Firm binding, no writing. (See also Psyche 59 by des Ligneris in this booth.)