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A Treasury of Royal Scandals

From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted-like so many of the crowned heads themselves-A Treasury of Royal Scandals presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England, from the lavish rooms of Versailles to the dankest corners of the Bastille, the great royals of Europe have excelled at savage parenting, deadly rivalry, pathological lust, and meeting death with the utmost indignity-or just very bad luck.

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Title of ebook: A Treasury of Royal Scandals
ISBN: 9781101007747
parent-ISBN: 9780140280241
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classic)
Pages: 352
Published: 05-2001
Released online for download: 04-01-2001
Author of eBook: Farquhar, Michael

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Contents

Introduction......................................................xiii Family Trees........................................................xv The Normans The Angevins Houses of Lancaster and York House of Tudor House of Stuart House of Hanover House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor House of Valois House of Bourbon House of Romanov The Spanish Habsburgs Part I: The Lust Emperors............................................1 1. From Russia with Lots of Love................................3 2. French Kiss..................................................8 3. England Swings..............................................16 Part II. Six Royals Sinning.........................................27 1. Envy: If Anyone Should Oppose This Union....................29 2. Pride: Here Comes the Sun King..............................34 3. Wrath: Have an Ice Day......................................39 4. Gluttony: Eat, Drink, and Be Mocked.........................41 5. Covetousness: Hail Mary, Full of ... read full excerpt from: A Treasury of Royal Scandals ebook

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