Sex with kings
Subtitle: 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
By: Eleanor Herman
Publisher: Barnes and Noble
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781435132122
Subjects: Social life and customs; Kings and rulers; Sex scandals; Court and courtiers; Courts and courtiers; Paramours; Manners and customs; Royal Favorites; Biography; History
Other titles: 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
Description: Chronicles five hundred years of adultery in European monarchy, discussing how royal mistresses influenced every aspect of European history, and profiling notable women and the kings who loved them.
Notes: This 2011 edition published ... by arrangement with HaperCollins Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sex with the king --; title: Beyond the bed-the art of pleasing a king --; title: Rivals for a king's love-the mistress and the queen --; title: Cuckold to the king-the mistress's husband --; title: Unceasing vigilance-the price of success --; title: Loving profitably-the wages of sin --; title: Political power between the sheets --; title: Red whores of Babylon-public opinion and the mistress --; title: The fruits of sin-royal bastards --; title: Death of the king --; title: The end of a brilliant career and beyond --; title: Monarchs, mistresses, and marriage.