An account of the clandestine 1759 marriage -- which was never annulled -- of Britain's King George III to a Quaker. The entanglements with the marital affairs of his brother the Duke of Cumberland and the consequent 1866 law suit which brough...

Accounts of some of the lesser known women who, against the odds and in a man's world, achieved success in their ambitions. Women who beat 'the system', like Dr James Barry who became the top doctor and a general in Queen Victoria's army; or those...

Religion, myth and sex -- there are few operas that don't incorporate at least two of these in the storyline and one of them is usually sex.The book provides fascinating yet little-known background to the often very familiar events, for instance w...