"The Art of Seduction" is a brilliant mix of the work of philosophers like Freud, Ovid, Kierkegaard, and Einstein, as well as the best seducers in history. It explores the character, tactics, successes, and failures of each one of them. There are many guises for the seducer, including the siren, the rake, the ideal lover, the dandy, the natural, the coquette, the charmer, and the charismatic. The seduction process is explained in detail in twenty-four "maneuvers," which also analyze this fascinating, pervasive form of power and provide readers with shrewd, immoral instructions.