Royalty S Strangest Characters
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Royalty s Strangest Characters
Author | : Geoff Tibballs |
Publsiher | : Batsford |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2014-03-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781849941808 |
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Recounting over 2,000 years of daft despots, raving rulers and potty potentates, this unique look at the world’s craziest kings and queens will leave you shocked, amazed – and often in fits of laughter. From the madness of ancient Rome, exemplified by the Emperor Caligula who wanted to appoint his horse to the consulate, we go on to meet Charles VI of France, convinced he was made of glass, Queen Juana of Spain, never separated from her late husband’s coffin, and King Otto of Bavaria, who tried to ward off hereditary insanity by shooting a peasant a day. Throughout history, royalty and scandal have gone hand-in-hand like a Prince of Wales and his mistress – witness the pocket-picking Farouk I of Egypt, Augustus II of Poland, who fathered an estimated 355 children, only one of whom was legitimate, and, more recently, Britain’s master of tact and diplomacy, Prince Philip. From kleptomania and incest to transvestism and even pigeon fancying, all these and many more colourful characters can be found in this revealing trawl of the world’s royal families.
Royal Pains
Author | : Leslie Carroll |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2011-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781101478776 |
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The author of Notorious Royal Marriages presents some of history's boldest, baddest, and bawdiest royals. The bad seeds on the family trees of the most powerful royal houses of Europe often became the most rotten of apples: über-violent autocrats Vlad the Impaler and Ivan the Terrible literally reigned in blood. Lettice Knollys strove to mimic the appearance of her cousin Elizabeth I and even stole her man. And Pauline Bonaparte scandalized her brother Napoleon by having a golden goblet fashioned in the shape of her breast. Chock-full of shocking scenes, titillating tales, and wildly wicked nobles, Royal Pains is a rollicking compendium of the most infamous, capricious, and insatiable bluebloods of Europe.
The Wesleyan Methodist Magazine
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1210 |
Release | : 1854 |
Genre | : Arminianism |
ISBN | : OXFORD:555005837 |
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The Literary Digest
Author | : Edward Jewitt Wheeler,Isaac Kaufman Funk,William Seaver Woods,Arthur Stimson Draper,Wilfred John Funk |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Literature |
ISBN | : UTEXAS:059172131108796 |
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The Athenaeum
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 956 |
Release | : 1838 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : ONB:+Z25908540X |
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The Athen um
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : CHI:79233104 |
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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1886 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105007339232 |
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Proceedings of the Royal Society
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BSB:BSB11545232 |
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