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Sex with kings : 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge / Eleanor Herman

By:

Herman, Eleanor, , 1960-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Morrow , c2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780060585440

Other title:

500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.09 HER

LOC classification:

D107.7 .H47 2004

Summary: 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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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	940.09 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		052627

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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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