The real history of the Harlots: ITV's new bonkbuster features sex, depravity and debauchery. [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | March 18, 2017 | Chris Hastings

[C19fan]

It is a world steeped in depravity and vice, where tens of thousands of women are preyed upon by the wealthiest men in society and ruthlessly exploited as playthings for pure pleasure. This is the shocking setting for Jessica Brown Findlay’s return to costume drama. And it’s a million miles away from the niceties of life at Downton Abbey, in which she played genteel Lady Sybil. Ms Findlay stars as an elegant Georgian courtesan in Harlots, which turns a spotlight on the secret world of 18th Century England’s highly lucrative sex trade.

[C19fan]

The dark underbelly under the powered wigs, architecture, and the minuet. I wonder if this come across the pond. It was a revolt against this depravity and immorality that defined the Victorians.

[TexasM1A]

Bonkbuster?, I’ve never heard that one before..

[Arm_Bears]

tens of thousands of women are preyed upon by the wealthiest men in society and ruthlessly exploited as playthings for pure pleasure.

Finally--An accurate documentary about the political career of BJ Clintoon.

[Emergencyawesome]

Everybody’s word for the day

bonkbuster -(slang) a popular novel involving frequent explicit sexual encounters, normally in a contemporary setting

[Doogle]

...naughty bits

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***a popular novel involving frequent explicit sexual encounters,***

Fanny Hill?
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders?

Inquiring minds want to know!

[null and void]

Bonkbuster. I’m stealing that.

[Reily]

BBC TV series “City of Vice” which was about the Fielding brothers and the “Bow Street Runners- London’s first (sort of!) police force” had several episodes on this. It had Ian Holm & Ian Glen as Henry (author of Tom Jones!) & John Fielding both early London magistrates.

That series was superb & too short!

[BenLurkin]

Oh my word...what is a “bonkbuster”?

[BlueDragon]

Oh my word...what is a “bonkbuster”?

Depends