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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sex with kings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

54103882

Responsibility statement

Eleanor Herman

Sub title

500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge

Table Of 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

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