The Sex Lives of the Kings and Queens of England: An Irreverent Expose of the Monarchs from Henry VIII to the Present Day.
Cawthorne, Nigel.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Smithmark,
Date Published: 1994.
Description: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). 192 pages with credits and index. Color photo illustrated. The book is NEAR FINE with light fading to board edges. The dust jacket is VERY GOOD with age darkening and edgewar. NOT price-clipped and NOT remaindered. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor..and other subjects. People have always been fascinated by the sexual behaviour of kings and queens, princes and princesses-hence the success of the tabloid press. Historically, though, this fascination is not purely prurient-royal marriages, infidelities and divorces have all had enormous political repercussions. Unfortunately, down the ages, the British royals have shown a singular lack of sexual restraint. Occupying the centre of the political and social stage, monarchs have always had more sexual opportunities than the rest of us. They have power, which-as Henry Kissinger once remarked-is the ultimate aphrodisiac. But why is it we give monarchs these special privileges? And why are commoners so eager to submit themselves to the monarchs' sexual whims? Are monarchs' sexual appetites no more than the manifestation of a normal, healthy lust, given vent in a situation of untrammeled power? Or do they stem from the public's expectations? Set against this background, even though the British Royal family do not enjoy the power they once did, their sexual behaviour is still of legitimate interest. Gross sexual misconduct by any of them would destabilize the monarchy. The royals covered here include: Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, James VI of Scotland and I of England, Edward II, Charles II, James II, William III, George I, George II, George III, George IV, Queen Victoria, Edward VII, Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson (Duke & duchess of Windsor); Elizabeth III, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince Andrew; TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction; Hal the Horny; The Age of Innocents; The Kinky Queens; Kings and Queens; The Merry Monarchs; Oranges are not the only Fruits; The Erector of Hanover; The Gorgeous Georges; The Randy Regent; Four Play; John Brown's Body; Edward the Caresser; The Greatest Love Story Ever Told; Good Queen Bess; A Royal Flush; Index.
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dj
ISBN: 1853751391
Book Id: 14194
Price: $21.50
