Sex with kings : 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge / Eleanor Herman
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Morrow , c2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780060585440
- 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
- 940.09 HER
- D107.7 .H47 2004
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | 940.09 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 052627 |
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.
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