Sex with kings : 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
Herman, Eleanor , 1960-
Sex with kings : 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge / Eleanor Herman - 1st ed. - New York : Morrow , c2004. - xii, 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index.
Herman foregrounds the royal mistresses of Europe since the Middle Ages, who are usually relegated to shadows even when significantly influencing policy. One of her insights is that mistresses provided kings not so much with sex as with companionship.
9780060585440
2004040212
Favorites, Royal----Europe----Biography
Sex scandals----History----Europe
Europe----Social life and customs
D107.7 / .H47 2004
940.09 HER
Sex with kings : 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge / Eleanor Herman - 1st ed. - New York : Morrow , c2004. - xii, 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index.
Herman foregrounds the royal mistresses of Europe since the Middle Ages, who are usually relegated to shadows even when significantly influencing policy. One of her insights is that mistresses provided kings not so much with sex as with companionship.
9780060585440
2004040212
Favorites, Royal----Europe----Biography
Sex scandals----History----Europe
Europe----Social life and customs
D107.7 / .H47 2004
940.09 HER