Derek Parker

Derek Parker (27 May 1932 – 2 January 2025) was a British writer and broadcaster. He was the author of numerous works on literature, ballet, and opera, and with his wife Julia of several books about astrology. Quotes Eros in the Country (1988) In youth, haste provokes no reproach, for boy and girl most often race together to the post. Ch. 1 (p. 12) My partner reached down and caught one of my paps between her fingers, pinching it with such fervour that the pain of it joined with the pleasure in my loins to release both emotions in a spasm of delight. Ch 7 (p. 102) A sleep as deep and dark as velvet. Ch. 7 (p. 103) Eros on the Grand Tour (1989) Like all young stallions, her was over-eager for the battle without having any idea of tactics. Ch. 2 (p. 23) The church was hung throughout with crimson cloth and brilliant with chandeliers, and the altar surrounded by immense wax candles, and after a while Pius XII arrived in a sedan chair, and we obtained good positions with the help of one of the Swiss guards while, in full robes, he was borne along the centre aisle in a state chair, on the shoulders of six men, with on either side a man carrying an immense fan of white peacocks' feathers, and preceded by a long train of cardinals in full robes. Ch. 5 (p. 64) · Santa Maria Maggiore He prepared to spear her as a fisherman would spear a fine and shiny fish. Ch. 13 (p. 185) External links