Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics, (Paperback)

from hlselz

Herman's second book about the royal love affairs in Europe and Russia was much better then the first. An amazing collection of letters, quotes, and historical evidence show the infidelty of past queens.

from MarmotandWombat

Companion to Sex with Kings, Sex with the Queen examines the other side of the royal marriage bed. This work has a tighter structure than Sex with Kings and benefits from that over the earlier work. It is a very good overview of how the Queen, often ignored, frequently stuck with a husband of no ...

from booksandwine

This book was more well-written than Sex With Kings. Hermann structures the book in chronological order with various anecdotes of different countries. I felt the queens were much more interesting than the kings. These women had to put up with incompotent, unloving men. Catherine The Great, was pe...

from bookwormteri

A fascinating look at a woman's role throughout history as royalty. Women were treated as political pawns and often married to horrible men that cheated on them as well. Queens took pleasure where they could and it often cost them everything. Absolutely fascinating.

from shojo_a

My lil' sis gave me this one. It's basically about various queens love affairs. The chapter on Marie Antoinette and Fersen, which was sufficiently romantic for my sensibilities, having been raised on BeruBara. I have learned though, that while it may have been good to be the King (and even that'...