Royal Babylon : The Alarming History of European Royalty (Paperback)

from Pool_Boy

Bizarre. Not sure how much of it is true, but if even 10% of it is, it makes you wonder how civilization advanced in Europe. Oy! Fun and fascinating and at times quite funny.

from anglophile65

Fascinating facts of all the crazy and ill-mannered royals through the centuries. So much to take in that one forgets what they just read. Read 190 pgs. of 322 and was ready to put down and move on...

from MiaCulpa

That many members of royalty over the years are mad as cut snakes should be of no surprise to us. Karl Shaw takes us on a journey of mostly European royalty and their eccentricities/stark raving lo...

from moonriver

This was a really intersting read. It took me many days to finish it, though not for lack of interest in the material, which was fascinating. Rather, I found that so many people where mentioned tha...

from liz.mabry

The concept was great, but the book was poorly edited and hard to follow. It was difficult to keep the monarchs straight. Additionally, the formatting - separate sections within chapters for differ...