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    The Man-Eaters
    The Man-Eaters
    The Man-Eaters
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    The Man-Eaters

    By Benjamin Parsons

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    Take a peek into the secrets of the Cannibal Club, dedicated to the heartbreak and emotional destruction of every living man, straight or gay. Lady Rockhart has perfected the education of the beautiful Bathory and the handsome Belvedere to execute her war against love - but are they as perfectly ruthless as she intends?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBenjamin Parsons
    Release dateMar 20, 2023
    ISBN9798215288696
    The Man-Eaters
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    Benjamin Parsons

    I am a writer and artist from the Westcountry of England now living in London. I write and illustrate stories about love, hate, ambition, revenge, beauty, and the supernatural.

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      The Man-Eaters - Benjamin Parsons

      The Man-Eaters

      Copyright 2023 Benjamin Parsons. First published in 2012.

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      I daresay you have never heard of the Cannibal Club, and indeed, it was never their intention to be known, though at the height of their fame they were celebrated enough. This union of man-eaters was first convened by one Judith, Lady Rockhart, and it was she who orchestrated all its affairs. Having been cruelly deceived in love at an early age, the lady made it her business to wreak revenge on all the male sex, by such stratagems of love-killing as she could devise to inflict the most heart-breaking wounds. She was armed in the war on men with the most fatal weapons, namely, beauty and money, and she utilised these attributes to the full in her tireless efforts in the cause of masculine ruination.

      You must know that Lady Rockhart was to be married, on her twenty-first birthday, to a man she adored (though she would never confess it now); but when he happened to leave her standing at the

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