Description: From the author of American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry comes a funny and delightful history of the royal weddings and marriages of Europe’s most famous—and infamous—monarchs.“An irresistible combination of People magazine and the History Channel.”—Chicago TribuneSince time immemorial, royal marriages have had little to do with love—and almost everything to do with diplomacy and dynasty. Clashing personalities have joined in unholy matrimony to form such infamous couples as Russia’s Peter II and Catherine the Great, and France's Henri II and Catherine de Medici—all with the purpose of begetting a male heir. But with tensions high and silverware flying, kings like England’s Henry II have fled to the beds of their nubile mistresses, while queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine have plotted their revenge...Full of the juicy gossip and bad behavior that characterized Royal Affairs, this book chronicles the love-hate marriages of the crowned heads of Europe—from the Angevins to Charles and Di—and ponders how dynasties ever survived at all.
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Release Year: 2010
Book Title: Notorious Royal Marriages : a Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny,And Desire
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2010
Topic: Royalty, Social History, World / European, Europe / Great Britain / General, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Item Height: 1.1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Leslie Carroll
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
