Sex with Kings : Five Hundred Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman

Very Good

Seller Comments:
Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine. No writing. Very good.

Full Product Detail from Seller

Very Good

Seller Comments:
New York, New York, U.S.A. 2005 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo-over 7?"-9?" Very light tanning of pages-otherwise like new crisp, straight, and unmarked.

Full Product Detail from Seller

Like New

Seller Comments:
New York U. S. A. 2005 Softcover As New 0060585447. Marfree, acidfree fresh prtg; no names, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches; 304 pages; \nKirkus Reviews\nAn irreproachably researched & amusingly written history of European monarchs' jezebels. In this well-rounded study of royal mistresses past & present, newcomer Herman draws on a wealth of historical documents, letters, diaries, & ambassadorial reports-a treasure trove she mines with an intelligence that can discern between fools' gold & the genuine article. (She makes equally good use of the contemporary lampoons & verses that dot the text. ) First, Herman outlines the place of the queen & the mistresses in broad context: obviously there were exceptions, but the queen was often little more than "a walking uterus with a crown on top...Chaste almost to the point of frigidity, thereby ensuring legitimate heirs, " while the ma"tresse en titre could play a much more complex role

Full Product Detail from Seller

Like New

Dust Jacket

Seller Comments:
GREAT Bargain Book Deal - like new - some may have small remainder mark - Ships out by NEXT Business Day - 100% Satisfaction Guarantee!

Full Product Detail from Seller

Like New

Seller Comments:
2005 Trade paperback Illustrated. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. tight clean copy, like new Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

Full Product Detail from Seller

Like New

Seller Comments:
2004 Trade Paperback Like New 287 pages, plus a 16-page section of insights, interviews and more. "Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. Eleanor Herman's Sex with Kings takes us into the throne rooms and bedrooms of Europe's most powerful monarchs. Alive with flamboyant characters, outrageous humor, and stirring poignancy, this glittering tale of passion and politics chronicles five hundred years of scintillating women and the kings who loved them. Curiously, the main function of a royal mistress was not to provide the king with sex but with companionship. Forced to marry repulsive foreign princesses, kings sought solace with women of their own choice. And what women they were! From Madame de Pompadour, the famous mistress of Louis XV, who kept her position for nineteen years despite her frigidity, to modern-day Camilla Parker-Bowles, who usurped none other than the glamor

Full Product Detail from Seller

Very Good

Seller Comments:
2005 Paperback Very Good First Edition. very nice, tight with clean text, very little edge wear to cover.

Full Product Detail from Seller

Like New

Seller Comments:
New York, New York, U.S.A. 2005 Trade Paperback Fine Trade Paperback-FINE-Clean and bright. 287 pages with index and section of illustrations.

Full Product Detail from Seller

Like New

Seller Comments:
TRADE PAPERBACK FINE

Full Product Detail from Seller

Like New

Seller Comments:
Trade Paperback FINE Trade Paperback-0060585447 [HERMAN, ELEANOR] SEX WITH KINGS.

Full Product Detail from Seller