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A treasury of royal scandals : the shocking true stories of history's wickedest, weirdest, most wanton kings, queens, tsars, popes, and emperors

Title
A treasury of royal scandals : the shocking true stories of history's wickedest, weirdest, most wanton kings, queens, tsars, popes, and emperors / Michael Farquhar.
Author
Farquhar, Michael.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, ©2001.

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Description
xiv, 323 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
Family trees. -- The lust emperors. -- Six royals sinning. -- Unholy matrimony. -- Mom was a monster, Pop was a weasel. -- Royal family feud. -- Strange reigns. -- When in Rome. -- Papal vice. -- Death be not dignified. -- Appendix I: British monarchs (1066-present). -- Appendix II: French monarchs (1515-1814). -- Appendix III: Russian monarchs (1682-1917). -- Appendix IV: Timeline featuring a chronological index of monarchs in the Treasury and concurrent events in the Western world.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323).
Contents
Family trees. -- The lust emperors. -- Six royals sinning. -- Unholy matrimony. -- Mom was a monster, Pop was a weasel. -- Royal family feud. -- Strange reigns. -- When in Rome. -- Papal vice. -- Death be not dignified. -- Appendix I: British monarchs (1066-present). -- Appendix II: French monarchs (1515-1814). -- Appendix III: Russian monarchs (1682-1917). -- Appendix IV: Timeline featuring a chronological index of monarchs in the Treasury and concurrent events in the Western world.
ISBN
  • 0140280243
  • 9780140280241
  • 0739420259
  • 9780739420256
LCCN
2001024575
OCLC
  • ocm46703115
  • 46703115
  • SCSB-14494656
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library