Sex With the Queen - 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics

Informationen zum Autor Eleanor Herman is the New York Times bestselling author of Sex with Kings, Sex with the Queen, and several other works of popular history. She has hosted Lost Worlds for The History Channel, The Madness of Henry VIII for the National Geographic Channel, and is now filming her second season of America: Fact vs. Fiction for The American Heroes Channel. Klappentext In royal courts bristling with testosterone—swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals—how did repressed regal ladies find happiness? Anne Boleyn flirted with courtiers; Catherine Howard slept with one. Henry VIII had both of them beheaded. Catherine the Great had her idiot husband murdered and ruled the Russian empire with a long list of sexy young favorites. Marie Antoinette fell in love with the handsome Swedish count Axel Fersen, who tried valiantly to rescue her from the guillotine. Princess Diana gave up her palace bodyguard to enjoy countless love affairs, which tragically led to her early death. In this impeccably researched, scandalously readable follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Sex with Kings , Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what has historically gone on behind the closed door of the queen's boudoir. Zusammenfassung In royal courts bristling with testosterone—swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals—how did repressed regal ladies find happiness? Anne Boleyn flirted with courtiers; Catherine Howard slept with one. Henry VIII had both of them beheaded. Catherine the Great had her idiot husband murdered and ruled the Russian empire with a long list of sexy young favorites. Marie Antoinette fell in love with the handsome Swedish count Axel Fersen, who tried valiantly to rescue her from the guillotine. Princess Diana gave up her palace bodyguard to enjoy countless love affairs, which tragically led to her early death. In this impeccably researched, scandalously readable follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Sex with Kings , Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what has historically gone on behind the closed door of the queen's boudoir. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Eleanor Herman, Herman Eleanor
• Edition: William Morrow
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 26.06.2007
• EAN: 9780060846749
• ISBN: 978-0-06-084674-9
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Général, dictionnaires; Europe, Russia, Spain, Germany, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Gender studies: women and girls, European history: medieval period, middle ages, European history: Renaissance, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: Women, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, WOMEN'S STUDIES: WOMEN'S HISTORY, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY: Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, The arts: general topics, HISTORY: Europe / Spain, Women's Studies / Women's History