Publisher's Synopsis
Most are shocked to hear the story and legacy of Beardsley Bancroft Luney, his life and "works" having astonishingly slipped through the cracks of history. Born at sea during a tempest off Twatt in the Orknies, Luney darkly flowered from a mischievous and talented child into an unnecessarily libidinous and rebellious rake, remorselessly cleaving polite and starchy Victorian society with his tarnished tongue, his bawdy pen, and his naughty, naughty ways. Thrill at the untold story of Luney's pursuit of naughtiness in mystical cults, public morality trials, a search for the dreaded Tatzelwurm, a hunt for a destiny-changing mandrake root, and ultimately a quest for a Naughty Elixir of Life high in the mysterious Himalayas, escapades which earned him the title he wore so proudly as "The World's Naughtiest Man."
