Paul Guérard
~ 1872 - 1968
Paul Guérard was a French author and artist. He significantly contributed to early 20th century French spanking literature. Between 1903 and 1939 he wrote, illustrated and published about 100 erotic fetish novels in French, mostly of flagellation themes. He used the pseudonym Don Brennus Aléra. This is an anagram of Roland Brévannes if the letter v is converted to a u. Another pseudonym he used is Bernard Valonnes. This is also an anagram of Roland Brévannes if the letter é is converted to an e. He also used the names Jean d'Agerur, le Doctor Brennus, Don Brennus de Mellum, Bernard Valonnes, and Pierrot.
He is believed to be the man behind the illustrator names Tack, Esbey, and Selby. He illustrated as Mati for the book Fridoline, histoire véridique d'un jeune homme devenu actrice, published in 1926. It is a volume 10 from the series “Collection spéciale pour amateurs” and was privately published.
Most of his works after 1906 were published by Select Bibliothèque in Massy (Seine-et-Oise) from 1906 to 1908. After that, they were published in Sceaux (Seine).
It is not unlikely that the author and artist who used so many pseudonyms might have also been the publisher. Brévannes (as Aléra) is perhaps best known for his long-running series of femdom novels. This series began with Fred: The True History of a Boy Raised as a Girl (1913). It is a classic story of male humiliation via forced cross-dressing.
This was followed by the sequels Frédérique (1921), Frida (1924), Fridoline (1926), and Lina Frido (1927).
The books tell the story of Fred de Montignac. He was raised by a dominating aunt as a young lady. She calls him Frédérique. She forces him to wear girl's clothing and even pierces his ears. Le Dressage de la Maid-Esclave (1930) presents an early study on pony play. This involves animal roleplaying with women turned into cart-pulling slaves.
Illustrated books by Guéard featured in gallery below:
- Fleur veneneuse (1907)
- Tour du Monde (1907
- Esclave Blanches (1908)
- Journal une flagellee (1909)
- Le Château du fouet (1910)
- Contes paillards (1910)
- Fêtes barbares (1910)
- L' Amant des Chaussures (1910)
- L’esclavage à l’époque contemporaine (1910)
- La Chanoinesse Marchande d'Esclaves (1911)
- Bottes Rouges (1911)
- Fred (1913)
- Myriem (1914)
- La Nudité de Lucy (1920)
- Captive. L'Esclavage au Maroc de nos jours (1911 or 1920)
- Frederique (1921)
- La semeuse de caresses (1922)
- Souliers de satin et entraves d'acier (1924)
- Fridoline (1926)
- Les Asservies, Tome VI (1928)
- Dressage - Tome 1 (1930)
- Dressage - Tome 2 (1930)
- Liens Bandeau Baillon (1933)
- La Reine de Cuir Verni (1934)
- Miss Boucles (1934)
- Taille de Guepes (1937)
- Attelages Humains (1937)
27 albums/254 artworks
Latest Update: May 30, 2026 -> Added L'esclavage à l'époque contemporaine (27 artworks)
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