Now available in softback after a regrettable absence, Books I and II of The Fellowship of the Rod are back in print in a single volume. Exquisitely written by Jacqueline Ophir, the title was originally intended to cover several volumes, incorporating seven separate stories. Unfortunately, only three were ever written. The first book tells of Suzette Mantonard and how her chance witnessing of one of the most famous physical chastisements in history influenced her life thereafter. Book II, set in Regency England, is the tale of Isobel Crawfurd, a schoolmistress with a refined and delicate passion for the rod. Including erudite scenes of corporal punishment of both sexes, and by both sexes, this is a title not to be missed