Notorious Royal Marriages / A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire
Carroll, Leslie
ISBN
9780451229014
Uitgever
New American Library
Taal
Engels
Categorie
geschiedenis,Biography, Biografie, European History, Europese geschiedenis, Romance, World History
Meer info
2010, paperback, spine discolored, age tanned, good copy
Extra informatie
Since time immemorial, royal marriages have had little to do with love—and almost everything to do with diplomacy and dynasty. Clashing personalities have joined in unholy matrimony to form such infamous couples as Russia’s Peter II and Catherine the Great, and France's Henri II and Catherine de Medici—all with the purpose of begetting a male heir. But with tensions high and silverware flying, kings like England’s Henry II have fled to the beds of their nubile mistresses, while queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine have plotted their revenge...
Full of the juicy gossip and bad behavior that characterized Royal Affairs, this book chronicles the love-hate marriages of the crowned heads of Europe—from the Angevins to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry—and ponders how dynasties ever survived at all.
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