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010 _a2004040212
020 _a9780060585440
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aD107.7
_b.H47 2004
082 0 0 _a940.09 HER
100 1 _aHerman, Eleanor
_d, 1960-
245 1 0 _aSex with kings
_b: 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
_c/ Eleanor Herman
246 3 0 _a500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York
_b: Morrow
_c, c2004.
300 _axii, 287 p.
_b: ill. (some col.)
_c; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index.
520 _aHerman 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.
650 0 _aFavorites, Royal
_z--Europe
_v--Biography
650 0 _aSex scandals
_z--Europe
_x--History
651 0 _aEurope
_x--Social life and customs
942 _cMO
999 _c255722
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