Sex with kings
Subtitle: 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
By: Eleanor Herman
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Book
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780965918558
Subjects: Social life and customs; Kings and rulers; Sex scandals; Court and courtiers; Paramours; Royal Favorites; Biography; History
Other titles: 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.