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Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
Contributor(s): Herman, Eleanor (Author)
ISBN: 0060846747     ISBN-13: 9780060846749
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
OUR PRICE:   $18.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2007
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Annotation: In royal courts bristling with testosterone--swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals--how did repressed regal ladies find happiness? Anne Boleyn flirted with courtiers; Catherine Howard slept with one. Henry VIII had both of them beheaded. Catherine the Great had her idiot husband murdered and ruled the Russian empire with a long list of sexy young favorites. Marie Antoinette fell in love with the handsome Swedish count Axel Fersen, who tried valiantly to rescue her from the guillotine. Princess Diana gave up her palace bodyguard to enjoy countless love affairs, which tragically led to her early death.

In this impeccably researched, scandalously readable follow-up to her "New York Times" bestseller "Sex with Kings," Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what has historically gone on behind the closed door of the queen's boudoir.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Royalty
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality)
Dewey: B
Series: P.S.
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.34" W x 8.05" (0.64 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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In royal courts bristling with testosterone--swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals--how did repressed regal ladies find happiness?

  • Anne Boleyn flirted with courtiers; Catherine Howard slept with one. Henry VIII had both of them beheaded.
  • Catherine the Great had her idiot husband murdered and ruled the Russian empire with a long list of sexy young favorites.
  • Marie Antoinette fell in love with the handsome Swedish count Axel Fersen, who tried valiantly to rescue her from the guillotine.
  • Princess Diana gave up her palace bodyguard to enjoy countless love affairs, which tragically led to her early death.

In this impeccably researched, scandalously readable follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Sex with Kings, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what has historically gone on behind the closed door of the queen's boudoir.


Contributor Bio(s): Herman, Eleanor: -

The author of Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen, New York Times bestselling historian Eleanor Herman has hosted episodes for the National Geographic Channel and the History Channel's Lost Worlds. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she is married and lives in McLean, Virginia.