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The King's Mistress

Emma Campion
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Author : Emma Campion
Publisher : Crown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307589279

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History has not been kind to Alice Perrers, the notorious mistress of King Edward III. Scholars and contemporaries alike have deemed her a manipulative woman who used her great beauty and sensuality to take advantage of an aging and increasingly senile king. But who was the woman behind the scandal? A cold-hearted opportunist or someone fighting for her very survival? Like most girls of her era Alice is taught obedience in all things. At the age of fourteen she marries the man her father chooses for her, dutifully accepting the cost of being torn from the family she holds so dear and losing the love of her mother forever. Despite these heartbreaks Alice finds that merchant Janyn Perrers is a good and loving husband and the two settle into a happy life together. Their bliss is short-lived, however, unraveled the dark day a messenger appears at Alice's door and notifies her of Janyn's sudden disappearance. In the wake of this tragedy, Alice learns that her husband kept many dangerous secrets--secrets that result in a price on her own head and that of her beloved daughter. Her only chance to survive lies in the protection of King Edward and Queen Philippa, but she therefore must live at court as a virtual prisoner. When she is singled out by the king for more than just royal patronage, the stakes are raised. Disobeying Edward is not an option, not when her family is at risk, but the court is full of ambitious men and women, many of whom will stop at nothing to see her fall fron grace. The whispers and gossip abound, isolating Alice, who finds unexpected solace in her love for the king. Emma Campion paints a colorful and thrilling portrait of the court of Edward III--with all of its extravagance, scandalous love affairs, political machinations, and murder--and the devastating results of being singled out by the royal family. At the center of the storm is Alice, surviving by her wits in this dangerous world where the choices are not always of her own making. Emma Campion's dazzling novel shows that there is always another side to the story.

The Tudors: The King, the Queen, and the Mistress

Anne Gracie,Michael Hirst
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Author : Anne Gracie,Michael Hirst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416947783

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The Tudors: The King, the Queen, and the Mistress by Anne Gracie,Michael Hirst Pdf

The King and Cardinal both work for papal decree of divorce while the King becomes involved with another woman.

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress

Tracy Adams,Christine Adams
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Author : Tracy Adams,Christine Adams
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271086422

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The Creation of the French Royal Mistress by Tracy Adams,Christine Adams Pdf

Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed portraits of nine of its most significant incumbents: Agnès Sorel, Anne de Pisseleu d’Heilly, Diane de Poitiers, Gabrielle d’Estrées, Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Françoise d’Aubigné, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, and Jeanne Bécu. Beginning in the fifteenth century, key structures converged to create a space at court for the royal mistress. The first was an idea of gender already in place: that while women were legally inferior to men, they were men’s equals in competence. Because of their legal subordinacy, queens were considered to be the safest regents for their husbands, and, subsequently, the royal mistress was the surest counterpoint to the royal favorite. Second, the Renaissance was a period during which people began to experience space as theatrical. This shift to a theatrical world opened up new ways of imagining political guile, which came to be positively associated with the royal mistress. Still, the role had to be activated by an intelligent, charismatic woman associated with a king who sought women as advisors. The fascinating particulars of each case are covered in the chapters of this book. Thoroughly researched and compellingly narrated, this important study explains why the tradition of a politically powerful royal mistress materialized at the French court, but nowhere else in Europe. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the French monarchy, women and royalty, and gender studies.

The Kings' Mistresses

Elizabeth C Goldsmith
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Author : Elizabeth C Goldsmith
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781586488901

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The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young women of the age: they had no independent status under the law and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. Marie and Hortense, however, had other ambitions in mind altogether. Miserable in their marriages and determined to live independently, they abandoned their husbands in secret and began lives of extraordinary daring on the run and in the public eye. The beguiling sisters quickly won the affections of noblemen and kings alike. Their flight became popular fodder for salon conversation and tabloids, and was closely followed by seventeenth-century European society. The Countess of Grignan remarked that they were traveling "like two heroines out of a novel." Others gossiped that they "were roaming the countryside in pursuit of wandering lovers. "Their scandalous behavior -- disguising themselves as men, gambling, and publicly disputing with their husbands -- served as more than just entertainment. It sparked discussions across Europe concerning the legal rights of husbands over their wives. Elizabeth Goldsmith's vibrant biography of the Mancini sisters -- drawn from personal papers of the players involved and the tabloids of the time -- illuminates the lives of two pioneering free spirits who were feminists long before the word existed.

Camilla

Caroline Graham
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Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1857821068

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Camilla by Caroline Graham Pdf

Eventyret om hvordan den uskyldige ungdomsforelskelse mellem overklassepigen Camilla og prinsen af Wales udviklede sig til en kærlighedshistorie der - foreløbig - har varet i 25 år

Royal Mistress

Anne Easter Smith
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Author : Anne Easter Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451648638

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From the author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York comes another engrossing historical novel of the York family in the Wars of the Roses, telling the fascinating story of the rise and fall of the final and favorite mistress of Edward IV. Jane Lambert, the quick-witted and alluring daughter of a silk merchant, is twenty-two and still unmarried. When Jane’s father finally finds her a match, she’s married off to the dull, older silk merchant William Shore. Marriage doesn’t stop Jane from flirtation, however, and when the king’s chamberlain, Will Hastings, comes to her husband’s shop, Will knows King Edward will find her irresistible. Edward IV has everything: power, majestic bearing, superior military leadership, a sensual nature, and charisma. And with Jane as his mistress, he also finds true happiness. But when his hedonistic tendencies get in the way of being the strong leader England needs, his life, as well as those of Jane and Will Hastings, hangs in the balance. Jane must rely on her talents to survive as the new monarch, Richard III, bent on reforming his brother’s licentious court, ascends the throne. This dramatic tale has been an inspiration to poets and playwrights for five hundred years, and, as told through the unique perspective of a woman plucked from obscurity and thrust into a life of notoriety, Royal Mistress is sure to enthrall today’s historical fiction lovers as well.

The King's Mistress

Terri Brisbin
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Author : Terri Brisbin
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426878480

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There were worse things than to be shackled in marriage to a handsome, powerful lord who desired her—but Marguerite of Alencon was bred to be consort to a king and could not abide her fate. She had great power as Henry Plantagenet's mistress, and to be set aside and promised as a bride to noble Orrick of Silloth was an insult she could not bear…! Orrick knew his reluctant bride was a creature of the court with many secrets. And yet, Marguerite of Alencon would make him a perfect partner—accomplished and gracious, a true Lady of the Keep—if only she could release her turbulent past and embrace a passionate future…in his arms!

The Cattle King's Mistress

Emma Darcy
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Author : Emma Darcy
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459211094

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The Cattle King's Mistress by Emma Darcy Pdf

Nathan King, powerful head of his legendary family's cattle empire, has everything-except a woman to share his life. Miranda Wade has nothing -- except a past she is determined to leave behind, and the hope that her new job at King's Eden will give her a fresh start. Their two lives collide! Nathan wants her, but doubts she will cope with outback life. Miranda wants him, but believes her past will deny her any chance at a future with a King. The tension -- the need -- between them is overwhelming, regardless of where it might lead.

Mrs Keppel

Tom Quinn
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Author : Tom Quinn
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785901539

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Mrs Keppel by Tom Quinn Pdf

For Alice Keppel, it was all about appearances. Her precepts were those of the English upper classes: discretion, manners and charm. Nothing else mattered - especially when it came to her infamous affair with King Edward VII. As the King's favourite mistress up until his death in 1910, Alice held significant influence at court and over Edward himself. But it wasn't just Edward she courted: throughout her life, Alice enthusiastically embarked on affairs with bankers, MPs, peers - anybody who could elevate her standing and pay the right price. She was a shrewd courtesan, and her charisma and voracity ensured her both power and money, combined as they were with an aptitude for manipulation. Drawing on a range of sources, including salacious first-hand eyewitness accounts, bestselling author Tom Quinn paints an extraordinary picture of the Edwardian aristocracy, and traces the lives of royal mistresses down to Alice's great-granddaughter, the current Duchess of Cornwall. Both intriguing and astonishing, this is an unadulterated glimpse into a hidden world of scandal, decadence and debauchery.

Sex with Kings

Eleanor Herman
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Author : Eleanor Herman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061751554

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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.

King's Mistress, Queen's Servant

Tracy Borman
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Author : Tracy Borman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Countesses
ISBN : 9780099549178

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King's Mistress, Queen's Servant by Tracy Borman Pdf

Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. Described by Swift as a consummate courtier who packed away her private virtues& like cloaths in a chest , by Pope as so very reasonable, so unmov

The King's Mistress

Emma Campion
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Author : Emma Campion
Publisher : Broadway Books
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307589262

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The King's Mistress by Emma Campion Pdf

History has not been kind to Alice Perrers, the notorious mistress of King Edward III. Campion paints a colorful and thrilling portrait of the court of Edward III--with all of its extravagance, scandalous love affairs, political machinations, and murder--and the devastating results of being singled out by the royal family. At the center of the storm is Alice, surviving by her wits in this dangerous world where the choices are not always of her own making.

Mistresses

Linda Porter
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Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781509877089

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Mistresses by Linda Porter Pdf

According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’, and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over a hedonistic court, in which licence and licentiousness prevailed. Mistresses is the story of the women who shared Charles’s bed, each of whom wielded influence on both the politics and cultural life of the country. From the young king-in-exile’s first mistress and mother to his first child, Lucy Walter, to the promiscuous and ill-tempered courtier, Barbara Villiers. From Frances Teresa Stuart, ‘the prettiest girl in the world’ to history’s most famous orange-seller, ‘pretty, witty’ Nell Gwynn and to her fellow-actress, Moll Davis, who bore the last of the king’s fifteen illegitimate children. From Louise de Kéroualle, the French aristocrat – and spy for Louis XIV – to the sexually ambiguous Hortense Mancini. Here, too, is the forlorn and humiliated Queen Catherine, the Portuguese princess who was Charles’s childless queen. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources, including material in private archives, Linda Porter paints a vivid picture of these women and of Restoration England, an era that was both glamorous and sordid.

The King's Mistress

Sandy Blair
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Author : Sandy Blair
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1543047246

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"Sandy Blair shows once again that she is the queen of Scottish romance. The King's Mistress is an entertaining tapestry of intrigue, humor, and heart-rending emotion that will stay with the reader long after she turns the final page. Unforgettable!" Lorraine Heath, New York Times bestselling author of WAKING UP WITH THE DUKE Inspired by actual events in 1285 Scotland, The King's Mistress is a tale of mistaken identity laced with intrigue, humor, and passion not easily forgotten. Britt Mackinnon, captain of the king's guard, holds a secret which estranged him from his family. He now has the onerous task of fetching back to Edinburgh the king's mistress - something that infuriates him since Scotland desperately needs a legitimate heir and their new queen has yet to conceive thanks to his king's dalliance. Genene Armstrong would do anything to protect her promiscuous twin sister, who ran from court upon discovering she's pregnant with the king's bastard. Should their barren queen discover this, Genene fears her sister will be murdered. When a handsome soldier suddenly arrives with orders to bring her twin back to court, Genene, totally unprepared for the role, claims to be the woman he's seeking. Lies built upon lies soon collapse and Genene and Britt quickly find themselves running for their lives.

The King in Love

Theo Aronson
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Author : Theo Aronson
Publisher : Lume Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1839012595

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The King in Love by Theo Aronson Pdf

An all-embracing account of the loves of that royal womaniser, Edward VII, as Prince of Wales and King. Spanning three decades, the story is set in the extravagant and hypocritical world of late Victorian and Edwardian society.