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Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire

10 best books like Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire (Leslie Carroll): Madame de Pompadour, The River King, Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain, A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors, Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics, Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century, Doomed Queens, Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe, Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France, The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues

Madame de Pompadour
AuthorNancy Mitford
When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and had so many enemies that she could not travel publicly without risking a pelting...
The River King
AuthorAlice Hoffman
ISBN0425179672
From the best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, The River King confirms Alice Hoffman as "one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists" (Jane Smiley, USA Today).

People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with locals....
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain
AuthorMichael Farquhar
ISBN0812979044
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...
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors
AuthorMichael Farquhar
ISBN0140280243
From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class.

Gleeful, naughty, sometimes...
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
AuthorEleanor Herman
ISBN0060846739
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...
Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century
AuthorKatie Hickman
ISBN0060935146
During the course of the nineteenth century, a small group of women rose from impoverished obscurity to positions of great power, independence, and wealth. In doing so they took control of their lives -- and those of other people -- and made the world do their will.

Extremely accomplished,...
Doomed Queens
AuthorKris Waldherr
ISBN0767928997
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...
Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
AuthorNancy Goldstone
ISBN0670038431
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent thirteenth century, a time of chivalry and crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily.

From...
Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France
AuthorLisa Hilton
ISBN0316778516
I've been watching the BBC show Versailles lately, and it made me want to dive back into some fun, slutty Louis XIV history. Luckily, I picked this book up in a secondhand store years ago, and was apparently just waiting for the right time to read it.

Athenais de Montespan life story follows a pattern...
The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues
AuthorSusan Griffin
ISBN0767904516
They charmed some of Europe’s most illustrious men, honing their social skills as well as their sexual ones, and accumulating wealth, fame, and power along the way. Unlike their geisha counterparts, courtesans didn't lived in brothels or bend their wills to suit their suitors. They were the muses...
Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love
AuthorKatherine Wolf
ISBN0310344549
When all seems lost, where can hope be found?

Katherine and Jay married right after college and sought adventure far from home in Los Angeles, CA. As they pursued their dreams, they planted their lives in the city and in their church community. Their son, James, came along unexpectedly in the...
Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty
AuthorKarl Shaw
ISBN0767907558
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...
Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love
AuthorElizabeth Prioleau
ISBN0143034227
In this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories and stratagems of history?s greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the world?from such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to such lesser-known women as the infamous Violet...
Spoken For: Embracing Who You Are and Whose You Are
AuthorRobin Jones Gunn
Say Yes to the Love Story of Your LifeA great romance was set in motion before you were born. A relentless Lover is pursuing you, and He has made His intentions clear. He wants you to be His forever. How will you respond to the One who longs for you to be His with your whole heart?

In Spoken For, Robin...
The Journals of Jim Elliot
AuthorElisabeth Elliot
ISBN0800758250
Jim Elliot was part of a team of young missionaries murdered in Ecuador in 1956 by the Auca Indians to whom they were witnessing. At the age of 29, he left behind a young widow, a baby daughter, and volumes of personal journals written over many years.
In 1978, Revell published the complete and unabridged...
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