Books by Leslie Carroll
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review 1: If you're looking for juicy bits of drama and gossip about the rulers of Western Europe, look no further. This book pays homage to historical accuracy while at the same time delighting us with courtly gossip along the way. As such, it makes this book a very interesting read. The ...
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review 1: An addictive and decadent journey told through the affairs of monarchs. Starting with the early mediaeval period and working it's way until the present, this books titillating contents become quite eye opening. With secret bisexuals and hinted gay rulers thrown in, this is not on...
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review 1: Briefly interesting entries on royal and loosely-royal "badly behaved" people. The author chose far too wide a category or definition of "bad seed." Vlad the Impaler, Lettice Knollys, and Princess Margaret do not belong in a book together for being difficult royalty. There were t...
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review 1: I really enjoyed Leslie Carroll's series on royal relationships. I really enjoyed how there was a bit of perspective of the mistress and what happened to her after the relationship ended. People may see this aspect of royal life to be too tabloid to matter, but often these men an...