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Author Herman, Eleanor, 1960-

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

Publication Info. [New York] : Morrow, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.099 H42    In Transit
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  940 HERMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and index.
Contents Sex with the king -- Beyond the bed-the art of pleasing a king -- Rivals for a king's love-the mistress and the queen -- Cuckold to the king-the mistress's husband -- Unceasing vigilance-the price of success -- Loving profitably-the wages of sin -- Political power between the sheets -- Red whores of Babylon-public opinion and the mistress -- The fruits of sin-royal bastards -- Death of the king -- The end of a brilliant career and beyond -- Monarchs, mistresses, and marriage.
Subject Favorites, Royal -- Europe -- Biography.
Mistresses -- Europe -- Biography.
Scandals -- Europe -- History.
Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Mistresses -- Biography.
Europe -- Court and courtiers -- History.
Europe -- Social life and customs.
Added Title 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
ISBN 0060585439
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