Description: Originally published: New York: Morrow, 2004, with the subtitle 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry, and revenge.
Brief description:
Eleanor Herman is the New York Times bestselling author of Sex with Kings, Sex with the Queen, and several other works of popular history. She has hosted Lost Worlds for The History Channel, The Madness of Henry VIII for the National Geographic Channel, and is now filming her second season of America: Fact vs. Fiction for The American Heroes Channel.
Review Quotes:
"Herman's spirited history of royal "mistresshood" is certainly a catchy read.... History made as buoyant as fiction." - Booklist
"With all the suspense of a thriller... this book is simply ideal for a historical bestseller!" - Barbara Wegmann, Amazon Germany in-house critic
"An irreproachably researched and amusingly written history of European monarchs' jezebels." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A very dangerous topic... This is major league politics.... There is enough in all of this material to write masterpiece screenplays." - John Batchelor, ABC radio
"An irresistible book... Deliciously bawdy, outrageously entertaining... Herman's writing sparkles off the pages." - Boston Globe
"Most entertaining.... Herman has given us an immensely fun book about an old subject, and that's something you don't see every day. Grade: A. " - Denver Rocky Mountain News
"A smart, keenly researched history written with wry wisdom." - Dallas Morning News
An enlightening social history that is great fun to read" - New York Times Book Review
"Sex With Kings will please readers who like their history liberally spiked with glamour and gossip." - Boston Globe
"Sexy, Dishy and Funny" - New York Times
"Sex With Kings is...a lot more fun than Danielle Steel or Dan Brown." - Washington Post Book World
"Addictively Good Dish" - Entertainment Weekly
"Studded with...gems of royal tittle-tattle, Sex With Kings will please readers who like their history liberally spiked with glamour and gossip." - Boston Globe