[11]             Mary refers here to the dangers which faced earlier authors of erotic nature, such as  L’Ecole des Filles (Girls’ School) – which was written in 1660 by Madame de Maintenon, Louis XIV’s mistress, and Nicholas Fouquet, his finance minister, using the names (and persons) of Michel Millot and Jean L’Ange.

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    The book is a conversation about sex between Fanny, a sixteen year old girl and her slightly older cousin, Suzanne.

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    The successful publication of L’Ecole des Filles resulted in a court-case and a short imprisonment of the two ‘front guys.’ The real authors couldn’t save them from prison, but did save them from hanging.

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    We can assume that Madame de Maintenon wrote her little book to amuse and arouse her lover, Louis XIV, while Nicholas Fouquet did it to enrich Louis XIV’s treasury. I guess they were both successful.