Herman, Eleanor  , 1960- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060585440 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004040212 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Favorites, Royal----Europe----Biography<br/>Sex scandals----History----Europe
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe----Social life and customs
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D107.7  / .H47 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.09 HER