Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll

Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll

Since time immemorial, royal marriages have had little to do with love - but 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 Henry 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 fled to the beds of nubile mistresses while Queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine plotted their revenge.

Leslie Carroll is the author of various works of historical nonfiction, women's literature, and historical fiction (using the pen names Juliet Grey and Amanda Elyot). Royal Romances, Royal Pains, Royal Affairs, Notorious Royal Marriages, and Inglorious Royal Marriages are some of her nonfiction titles. She's also an award-winning audio book narrator and a classically trained professional actor who's played a variety of virgins, vixens, and villainesses. Leslie has been interviewed by a number of outlets, including MSNBC.com, USA Today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and NPR, and she was a featured royalty historian on CBS nightly news in London during the coverage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton's royal wedding. She has also appeared on the BBC series The Secret Lives of... as an expert on the love lives of Queen Victoria, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon.

for the History Channel of Canada Leslie and her husband, Scott, live in New York City and Denver, Colorado, respectively.

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ISBN 13	9780451229014
ISBN 10	0451229010
Title	Notorious Royal Marriages
Author	Leslie Carroll
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New American Library
Year published	2010-01-05
Number of pages	507
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