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Royal Mistresses (Hardcover)
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Royal Mistresses (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1990, Royal Mistresses provides an innovative
way of looking at the development of British monarchy, and at the
same time investigates the relationship between sex and power.
Charles Carlton focuses not so much on the amorous activities of
the mistresses of British monarchs as on their influences on those
monarchs and on society at large. Ranging from the early medieval
period to the late 1990s, he shows that a monarch's illicit sexual
life sheds light on his character and reign. It is no coincidence
that Henry I, Charles II, and Edward VII, who were successful with
their mistresses were also successful in their reigns, while the
divorced John and the lovelorn Edward VIII failed Not surprisingly,
the affairs of the sovereign's heart have very often become the
affairs of state. This book will be of interest to students of
history and literature.
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