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Bezig met laden... Sex Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (1994)door Nigel Cawthorne
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Fascinating. This exhaustive account was written by an Englishman, in more detail that I usually find on this topic. The book begins, as might be expected, with "Hal the Horny" - Henry VIII. His wild adventures and the sad and pathetic ending are traced in sprightly prose and a sense of humanity. From there we follow the peccadilloes of his children, his grandchildren, the early Georges (of Hanover), Victoria and her strange ideas about sex, the later Georges, the Duke of Windsor and his very strange history, and so through to the present generation of princes (and Princess Anne) and their mis-steps. Particularly in the case of the more recent rulers, the information explores areas of the Windsors' sexual predilections than I did not expect. I now truly know more about the Duke of Windsor than I ever really wanted to know! The book was written after the divorce of Charles and Diana, but before her death, so the references to Charles, Diana, Camilla, "Squiggy" et.al. are a bit veiled. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Earl of Mountbatten, Prince Phillip, Princess Margaret, Prince Charles, Diana, Andrew and Sarah, and several more minor characters all come under irreverent scrutiny. The only ruler who escapes is Queen Elizabeth (the Second, that is). A guilty pleasure, that I really did enjoy. Recommended. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Nigel Cawthorne traces the antics of the various royal dynasties from Henry VIII to the present in a humorous style. He deals with the subject of their sexual behaviour in an enlightening and amusing way. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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For more scholarly stuff, see Sexuality and Its Impact on History; for specific royals, The Real Wallis Simpson, Perdita, Maria Fitzherbert and Mrs Keppel; for juicy gossip with a reasonable degree of scholarship (but not limited to English royals) see Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen. ( )