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Sex with kings : 500 years of adultery, power, rivalry and revenge / by Herman, Eleanor,1960-(CARDINAL)468180;
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 glamorous Diana, Princess of Wales. The successful royal mistress made herself irreplaceable. She was ready to converse gaily with him when she was tired, make love until all hours when she was ill, and cater to his every whim. Wearing a mask of beaming delight over any and all discomforts, she was never to be exhausted, complaining, or grief-stricken. True, financial rewards for services rendered were of royal proportions -- some royal mistresses earned up to $200 million in titles, pensions, jewels, and palaces. Some kings allowed their mistresses to exercise unlimited political power. But for all its grandeur, a royal court was a scorpion's nest of insatiable greed, unquenchable lust, and vicious ambition. Hundreds of beautiful women vied to unseat the royal mistress. Many would suffer the slings and arrows of negative public opinion, some met with tragic ends and were pensioned off to make room for younger women. But the royal mistress often had the last laugh, as she lived well and richly off the fruits of her "sins." From the dawn of time, power has been a mighty aphrodisiac. With diaries, personal letters, and diplomatic dispatches, Eleanor Herman's trailblazing research reveals the dynamics of sex and power, rivalry and revenge, at the most brilliant courts of Europe. Wickedly witty and endlessly entertaining, Sex with Kings is a chapter of women's history that has remained unwritten -- until now.
Subjects: Biographies.; Favorites, Royal; Kings and rulers; Kings and rulers; Mistresses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Palm Beach story [videorecording] by Irene,1901-1962,costume designer.; Astor, Mary,1906-1987,actor.(CARDINAL)188321; Ates, Roscoe,1895-1962,actor.; Bracken, Eddie,1915-2002,actor.; Bridge, Al,1891-1957,actor.; Colbert, Claudette,actor.(CARDINAL)740037; Conklin, Chester,1888-1971,actor.; Demarest, William,actor.; Dreier, Hans,1885-1966,art director.; Fegté, Ernst,1900-1976,art director.; Gilmore, Stuart,1913-1971,film editor.; Hader, Bill,1978-interviewee (expression)(CARDINAL)873372; Harvey, James,1929-interviewee (expression); McCrea, Joel,1905-1990,actor.(CARDINAL)756363; Milner, Victor,1893-1972,director of photography.; Pangborn, Franklyn,1889-1958,actor.; Scott, Randolph,1898-1987,voice actor.(CARDINAL)186816; Sturges, Preston,screenwriter,film director.(CARDINAL)524642; Vallee, Rudy,1901-1986,actor.(CARDINAL)842762; Warwick, Robert,1878-1965,actor.; Young, Victor,1900-1956,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)843998; Zacharek, Stephanie,writer of supplementary textual content.; Criterion collection (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)348269; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,production company.(CARDINAL)344903; Universal Pictures (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)318695;
Director of photography, Victor Milner ; music score, Victor Young ; art direction, Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté ; edited by Stuart Gilmore ; Miss Colbert's gowns by Irene.Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Robert Warwick, Chester Conklin, Al Bridge, Rosco Ates.Tom and Gerry, a married New York couple who are on the skids, financially and romantically. With Tom hot on her trail, Gerry takes off for Florida on a mission to solve the pair's money troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox manner.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Romantic comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Inventors; Man-woman relationships; Marital conflict; Paramours; Spouses;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The reader [videorecording] / by Fiennes, Ralph.(CARDINAL)341238; Winslet, Kate.(CARDINAL)340615; Genius Products, Inc.(CARDINAL)848882; Mirage Enterprises.; Neunte Babelsberg Film (Firm); Weinstein Company.(CARDINAL)340085;
Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet.Post-WWII, Germany. Michael Berg is a teenager who becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from different works of literature. Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life, only this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives.MPAA rating: R; for some scenes of sexuality and nudity.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Historical films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Law students; Paramours,; War crime trials.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Borne in blood : a novel of the Count Saint-Germain / by Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn,1942-(CARDINAL)724387;
The year is 1817.In Switzerland, the Count Saint-Germain leads a comfortable life with his paramour Hero whose husband died fighting Napoleon. Saint-Germain's loving kindness cannot keep Hero from missing her children who are being raised by their hard-hearted grandfather.The Count has become intrigued by the work of an Austrian noble investigating the properties of blood, a subject always of key interest to a vampire. But when the noble's beautiful ward fixates sexually on the Count, the vampire fears for himself and his gentle lover.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Horror fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Saint-Germain, comte de, -1784; Saint-Germain, comte de, died 1784; Vampires; Paramours; Nobility; Blood; Guardian and ward; Paramours.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Secrets of the Tudor court : between two queens / by Emerson, Kate.(CARDINAL)492381;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Between two queens / by Emerson, Kate,author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Royal affairs : a lusty romp through the extramarital adventures that rocked the British monarchy / by Carroll, Leslie,1959-(CARDINAL)353457;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-447)."Royal Affairs" is a funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain's royals
Subjects: Biographies.; Favorites, Royal; Mistresses;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Lola Montez : a life / by Seymour, Bruce,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-409) and index.Although she was renowned as a dancer and actress and as a power behind the throne in politics, "her true story has always been obscured by the web of lies that she herself contructed." The author draws on unpublished archives to reveal the truths.
Subjects: Biographies.; Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, 1786-1868.; Montez, Lola, 1818-1861.; Mistresses;
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Edward VII : the Prince of Wales and the women he loved / by Arnold, Catharine,author.(CARDINAL)346030;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280) and index."Edward Prince of Wales, better known as "Bertie," was the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Charming and dissolute, he was a larger-than-life personality with king-size appetites. A lifelong womanizer, Bertie conducted his countless liaisons against the glittering backdrop of London society, Europe, and the stately homes of England in the second half of the 19th century. Bertie's lovers were beautiful, spirited, society women who embraced a wide field of occupations. There was Lillie Langtry, the simple Jersey girl who would become an actress and producer; "Daisy" Brooke, Countess of Warwick, the extravagant socialite who embraced socialism and stood for Parliament as a Labour party candidate; bisexual French actress Sarah Bernhardt, celebrated for her decadent appeal and opium habit; and by total contrast the starchy Agnes Keyser, who founded a hospital for army officers. One of Bertie's most intriguing liaisons was with American heiress Jennie Churchill, unhappy wife of Sir Randolph Churchill and mother ofSir Winston. While the scandals resulting from his affairs--from suicides to divorces--were a blight on the royal family, Bertie would become a surprisingly modern monarch. His major accomplishment was transforming the British monarchy into the modern institution that we know today and ensuring its survival in a period when every other European dynasty collapsed in the wake of WWI"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Beautiful nights [large print] : a novel / by George, Nina,1973-author(CARDINAL)341593; Howe, Sharon,translator(CARDINAL)896053;
"Respected Parisian behavioral biologist Claire has become increasingly desperate to feel that she is still alive and not just functioning. Julie is waiting for something that will set her on fire inside--the rush of life, colors, courage and passion. A summer in Brittany brings the two different women together. Under the blazing sun, in the endless silence of the sea and in the raging storm of a nighttime thunderstorm, they rediscover joy of life, femininity and passion -and will never be the same again."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Romance fiction.; Queer fiction.; Fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Women; Families; Secrecy; Paramours; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Woman-woman relationships; Married people;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 14
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