Mad Kings & Queens
10 best books like Mad Kings & Queens (Alison Rattle): Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain, Uppity Women of Medieval Times, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens, Doomed Queens, In Triumph's Wake: Royal Mothers, Tragic Daughters, and the Price They Paid for Glory, Sex Lives of the Kings & Queens of England: An Irreverent Expose of the Monarchs from Henry VIII to the Present Day, The Death of Kings: A Medical History of the Kings and Queens of England, Royal Panoply: Brief Lives of the English Monarchs, A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Death of Henry Darnley, Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain
| Author | Michael Farquhar |
| ISBN | 0812979044 |
Spanning 500 years of British history, a revealing look at the secret lives of some great (and not-so-great) Britons, courtesy of one of the world's most engaging royal historians
Beleaguered by scandal, betrayed by faithless spouses, bedeviled by ambitious children, the kings and queens...
Uppity Women of Medieval Times
| Author | Vicki León |
| ISBN | 1573240397 |
Vicki Leon, tireless explorer of the past, has gathered a treasure of information from sources written, etched, carved, and painted, to reconstruct the lives of wild women who wouldn't keep their places. From Queen Elizabeth to Joan of Arc, from Artemisia Gentileschi to Damia al-Kahina, this collection...
Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens
| Author | Lisa Hilton |
| ISBN | 0297852612 |
Occupying a unique position in the mercurial, often violent world of medieval state-craft, England’s medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the monarchy and the nation. Lisa Hilton’s meticulously researched new work explores the lives of the 20 women crowned between 1066...
| Author | Kris Waldherr |
| ISBN | 0767928997 |
Illicit love, madness, betrayal—it isn't always good to be the queen.
Marie Antoinette, Anne Boleyn, and Mary, Queen of Scots. What did they have in common? For a while they were crowned in gold, cosseted in silk, and flattered by courtiers. But in the end, they spent long nights in dark prison...
| Author | Julia P. Gelardi |
| ISBN | 0312371055 |
The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters.
Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their...
| Author | Nigel Cawthorne |
| ISBN | 1853755362 |
Prion’s internationally bestselling Sex Lives series presents lighthearted accounts of the sexual escapades of major figures in history, politics, religion, the arts, and film. Irreverent and gossipy, the books are packed with carnal tidbits and eye-opening revelations. The headlines of...
| Author | Clifford Brewer |
| ISBN | 0902920995 |
Many Kings and Queens of England suffered extraordinary deaths. Handsome and virile in his youth, a rare medical condition turned Henry VIII into a bloated and grotesque old man. The Dashing and glamourous Henry V probably died of cancer of the rectum, a fate that also befell Edward I. Charles I was beheaded....
| Author | Carolly Erickson |
| ISBN | 0312316437 |
From medieval conqueror to Renaissance autocrat to Victorian Empress to modern melodrama, Royal Panoply is the story of some of the most fascinating people in world history.
With her trademark blend of probing scholarship, lively prose, and psychological insight, Carolly Erickson...
| Author | Julianne Lee |
| ISBN | 0425223515 |
A rich, compelling novel that asks the question: Was Mary Stuart guilty of murder?
It is three days after the execution of Mary Stuart and the streets of London are buzzing with the news. But not everyone is convinced that the scandalized Queen of Scots was guilty of plotting against her cousin,...
| Author | Leslie Carroll |
| ISBN | 0451229010 |
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...
| Author | Princess Michael of Kent |
| ISBN | 0743296370 |
Though of eminent birth and status in their own right, the women of Crowned in a Far Country all left the countries of their birth to marry heirs to great thrones. They all shared an inbred sense of duty and a genuine desire to see it performed. None fought against what she saw as her destiny but only sought...
| Author | Robert Hutchinson |
| ISBN | 0297859528 |
There are a myriad amount of primary and secondary source materials (documents, rolls, pamphlets, books, blogs, magazines, videos, and so forth) showcasing the reign of King Henry VIII – especially his divorce from Katherine of Aragon, his break from the Catholic Church, and his on multiple wives....
Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England
| Author | Maureen Waller |
| ISBN | 0312338015 |
"In the bestselling tradition of authors Antonia Fraser and David Starkey, Maureen Waller has written a fascinating narrative history---a brilliant combination of drama and biographical insight---of the six women who have ruled England in their own names. "
In the last millennium there...
Royalty's Strangest Characters: Extraordinary But True Tales from 2,000 Years of Mad Monarchs and Raving Rulers (Strangest series)
| Author | Geoff Tibballs |
| ISBN | 1861058276 |
A quick, interesting read.
Not for those interested in truly learning history, as no references are given. This book reads almost like a tabloid newspaper. Interesting and fun, but not reliable in the least.
Also frustrating were some of the unnecessary comments the author added...
Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty
| Author | Karl Shaw |
| ISBN | 0767907558 |
An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy.
Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction of being the only known royal kleptomaniac? Or which empress kept her dirty underwear...
Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless or Gross Information About Your Body
| Author | Francesca Gould |
| ISBN | 1585426458 |
Fascinating...Unbelievable...Gross! These are just a few of the responses readers will hear when they impress their friends with facts from the quirky new book of body trivia, Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers & Other Useless or Gross Information About Your Body by Francesca Gould. This collection...
Wild Women: Crusaders, Curmudgeons, and Completely Corsetless Ladies in the Otherwise Virtuous Victorian Era
| Author | Autumn Stephens |
| ISBN | 0943233364 |
I have to agree with another reviewer, I'm not really sure why all the women were include here - I mean Delia Bacon?
But I did learn that the women ran for president long before they could vote. I liked the fact that some of the women were linked. I really enjoyed the story about the women who walked...
Tudor Women: Queens & Commoners
| Author | Alison Plowden |
| ISBN | 0750928808 |
This volume gives an account of the women both behind the scenes and at the forefront of 16th-century English history, including Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, and Henry VIII's six wives. The women of the royal family are the central characters; what they ate, how they dressed, the books...
What a Way to Go: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death
| Author | Geoffrey Abbott |
| ISBN | 0312366566 |
A gruesomely, hilarious and fascinating pop-history account of methods of execution from around the world and through the ages
In this wickedly humorous book, Geoffrey Abbott describes the effectiveness of instruments of torture and reveals the macabre origins of familiar phrases such...
A Dark History: The Kings and Queens of Europe
| Author | Brenda Ralph Lewis |
| ISBN | 1905704909 |
Beneath the splendor and sophistication of the monarchies of continental Europe are tales of scandal, mystery, and skullduggery. A Dark History: The Kings & Queens of Europe peels away the glitz to take a wry look at what really happened in the corridors, bedrooms, and dungeons of European power,...
