The Empire burns. The halls of power lie in ruins. The emperor's children, the sadistic Porcia and the cunning Seneca, battle for the throne. Around them, their

Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-

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Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-