Petticoat Government
Publisher: Folcroft Library Editions
Published: June 2010
Format: Textbook Binding
ISBN-13: 9780841492295
First sentence: The voice, that of a man still in the prime of life, but already raucous in its tone, thickened through constant mirthless laughter, rendered querulous too from long vigils kept at the shrine of pleasure, rose above the incessant babel of women's chatter, the din of silver, china and glasses passing to and fro.