Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman

Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge

Eleanor Herman

304 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

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Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. Eleanor Herman's Sex with Kings takes us into the throne rooms and bedrooms...

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informative 94%
funny 37%
lighthearted 24%
reflective 21%
adventurous 8%
sad 5%
challenging 2%
emotional 2%
mysterious 2%
relaxing 2%
tense 2%

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slow 23%

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