Behind the palace doors
Subtitle: five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain
By: Michael Farquhar
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780812979046; 9780679604532
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. House of Tudor; title: Introductory chapter: A blending of roses and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty; title: Henry VIII (1509-1547) : up the stairs, pulled by an engine; title: Edward VI (1547-1553) : the Boy King; title: Lady Jane Grey (1553) : "the Nine Days Queen"; title: Mary I (1553-1558) : Bloody Mary's burning desire; title: Elizabeth I (1558-1603) : perils of a princess; title: Elizabeth I (1558-1603) : a clash of queens; title: pt. 2. House of Stuart; title: James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : kissing cousins; title: James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : bewitched; title: James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : Arbella Stuart : too close for comfort; title: Charles I (1625-1649) : with his head held high; title: Charles I (1625-1649) : a grisly afterlife; title: Charles II (1660-1685) : the great escape; title: Charles II (1660-1685) : "Old Rowley"; title: James II (1685-1689) : a fool and his crown; title: William III (1689-1702) and Mary II (1689-1694) : joint sovereigns; title: Anne (1702-1714) : a feud too many; title: pt. 3. House of Hanover; title: George I (1714-1727) : his heart was in Hanover; title: George II (1727-1760) : a boorish, over-sexed bully; title: George II (1727-1760) : "Bonnie Prince Charlie"; title: George III (1760-1820) : Caroline Matilda : something rotten in the state of Denmark; title: George III (1760-1820) : the reign insane; title: George III (1760-1820) : a royal murder mystery; title: George IV (1820-1830) : a wife on the side; title: George IV (1820-1830) : hello, I loathe you; title: William IV (1830-1837) : a misbegotten brood; title: Victoria (1837-1901) : a trip down the aisle; title: Victoria (1837-1901) : the Queen's Prince Charming; title: Victoria (1837-1901) : paradise lost; title: pt. 4. House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor; title: Edward VII (1901-1910) : Sex Ed; title: George V (1910-1936) : Georgie and Nicky : a fatal friendship; title: Edward VIII (1936) : an abdication of duty; title: George VI (1936-1952) : the courage of a king; title: Elizabeth II (1952-present) : Good Queen Bess.