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Sex with the Queen
900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
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In this sequel to the bestselling Sex with Kings, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what goes on behind the closed door of a queen's boudoir. Often trapped in arranged marriages with virtual strangers, many royal ladies found solace in the courtiers, soldiers and clergymen who flocked to the courts of Europe.
In Sex with the Queen, Herman reveals the tantalizing truth about the crowned heads of Europe: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, whose transgressions — real or imagined — were seen by Henry VIII as punishable by death; Catherine the Great of Russia, who had her husband murdered and then seized both the throne and her pick of lovers; and Marie Antoinette, whose love for Swedish count Axel Fersen could not save her from the guillotine. Impeccably researched, Sex with the Queen chronicles history's most fascinating and scandalous royal dalliances. New York Times bestselling author and historian Eleanor Herman graduated from Towson State University with a degree in Journalism. She has worked for numerous international publications, most recently as Associate Publisher of NATO's Nations and Partners for Peace. She is married and lives in McLean, Virginia, where she researches and writes about women's history. "A lot more fun than Danielle Steel or Dan Brown." — Washington Post Book WorldFrequently asked questions
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INTRODUCTION
1. Andrews,
2. D’Auvergne,
3. Troyat, Peter,
4. Levin,
5. Ibid.
6. Given-Wilson and Curteis,
7. D’Auvergne,
8. De Grazia,
9. Acton,
CHAPTER ONE: LIFE BEHIND PALACE WALLS
1. Maroger,
2. Alexander,
3. Forster,
4. Ibid.,
5. Ibid.,
6. Cohen and Major,
7. Forster,
8. Sutherland,
9. Rosenthal,
10. Pevitt,
11. Baily,
12. Forster,
13. Ibid.,
14. Ibid.,
15. Acton,
16. Ibid.,
17. Louisa of Tuscany,
18. Pakula,
19. Bingham, vol. I,
20. Farr,
21. Ibid.,
22. Ibid.,
23. Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark, vol. I,
24. Ibid.,
25. Asprey,
26. Ibid.,
27. Quinlan,
28. Forster,
29. Ibid.,
30. Ibid.,
31. Ibid.,
32. Battifol,
33. Quinlan,
34. Freer, vol. II,
35. Ibid.,
36. Ibid.,
37. Forster,
38. Ibid.,
39. Ibid.,
40. Ibid.,
41. Ibid.,
42. Moote,
CHAPTER TWO: THE QUEEN TAKES A LOVER
1. Bergamini,
2. Chastenet,
3. Acton,
4. Weiner,
5. Levin,
6. Iremonger,
7. Ibid.,
8. Ibid.,
9. Williams,
10. ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- ONE: LIFE BEHIND PALACE WALLS
- TWO: THE QUEEN TAKES A LOVER
- THREE: MEDIEVAL QUEENS, TUDOR VICTIMS
- FOUR: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: ESCAPE FROM THE GILDED CAGE
- FIVE: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA: THE UNCHASTE EMPRESSES
- SIX: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE: POWER, PASSION, AND POLITICS
- SEVEN: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: AUDACITY AND OUTRAGE
- EIGHT: THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
- NINE: DIANA, PRINCESS OF MANY LOVERS
- CONCLUSION: THE POLITICS OF ADULTERY
- An Excerpt from SEX WITH PRESIDENTS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHOTOGRAPHY INSERTS
- SEARCHABLE TERMS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- About the Author
- ALSO BY ELEANOR HERMAN
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the publisher