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[[File:Young woman curtseying.jpg|thumb|Young woman thought to be the Earl's unrequited muse.]]'''''The Adulteration of Bergamot''''' is a lost erotic novel by [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]].
[[File:Young woman curtseying.jpg|thumb|Young woman thought to be the Earl's unrequited muse.]]'''''The Adulteration of Bergamot''''' is a lost erotic novel by [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]].
== History ==


The Earl apparently wrote ''The Adulteration of Bergamot'' as a private erotic tribute to the [[Reform Act of 1832]], using his beloved [[Bergamot essential oil]] as inspiration.
The Earl apparently wrote ''The Adulteration of Bergamot'' as a private erotic tribute to the [[Reform Act of 1832]], using his beloved [[Bergamot essential oil]] as inspiration.


== Extant copies ==
No copies are definitely known to exist (as of May 2016).
 
No copies are definitively known to exist (as of May 2016).


However, several copies are believed to exist in private collections.
However, several copies are believed to exist in private collections.
=== Euphoriolanus ===


[[John Brunner]] says that he knows -- but cannot prove -- that [[Euphoriolanus]] owns at least one copy, and possibly more,  
[[John Brunner]] says that he knows -- but cannot prove -- that [[Euphoriolanus]] owns at least one copy, and possibly more,  


Brunner furthermore charges that Euphoriolanus is running a secret [[Bergamot adulteration]] laboratory.
Brunner furthermore charges that Euphoriolanus is running a secret [[Bergamot adulteration]] laboratory.
== In the News ==
== In the News ==
<gallery mode="traditional">
File:Comparison_of_bergamot_oils_using_GC-MS_analysis_with_enantiomeric_column.png|Cold weather depresses Bergamot trees, oil industry analysts predict spike in gas chromatography prices.
</gallery>


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Euphoriolanus]]
* [[Euphoriolanus]]
* [[John Brunner]]
* [[John Brunner]]
* [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
<gallery mode="traditional">
File:Bergamot essential oil.jpg|Bergamot essential oil.
</gallery>


* [[Adulteration (nonfiction)]]
* [[Adulteration (nonfiction)]]

Revision as of 04:39, 17 June 2016

Young woman thought to be the Earl's unrequited muse.

The Adulteration of Bergamot is a lost erotic novel by Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.

The Earl apparently wrote The Adulteration of Bergamot as a private erotic tribute to the Reform Act of 1832, using his beloved Bergamot essential oil as inspiration.

No copies are definitely known to exist (as of May 2016).

However, several copies are believed to exist in private collections.

John Brunner says that he knows -- but cannot prove -- that Euphoriolanus owns at least one copy, and possibly more,

Brunner furthermore charges that Euphoriolanus is running a secret Bergamot adulteration laboratory.

In the News

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference