Royals Schandalen
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Royal Babylon
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Author : Karl Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2002-05-07
Royal Babylon written by Karl Shaw and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-07 with History categories.
An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy. Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction of being the only known royal kleptomaniac? Or which empress kept her dirty underwear under lock and key? Or which czar, upon discovering his wife's infidelity, had her lover decapitated and the head, pickled in a jar, placed at her bedside? Royally dishing on hundreds of years of dubious behavior, Royal Babylon chronicles the manifold appalling antics of Europe's famous families, behavior that rivals the characters in an Aaron Spelling television series. Here, then, are the insane kings of Spain, one of whom liked to wear sixteen pairs of gloves at one time; the psychopathic Prussian soverigns who included Frederick William and his 102-inch waist; sex-fixated French rulers such as Philip Duke D'Oreleans cavorting with more than a hundred mistresses; and, of course, the delightfully drunken and debauched Russian czars - Czar Paul, for example, who to make his soldiers goose-step without bending their legs had steel plates strapped to their knees. But whether Romanov or Windsor, Habsburg or Hanover, these extravagant lifestyles, financed as they were by the royals' badgered subjects, bred the most wonderfully offbeat and disturbingly unbelievable tales - and Karl Shaw has collected them all in this hysterically funny and compulsively readable book. Royal Babylon is history, but not as they teach it in school, and it underlines in side-splitting fashion Queen Victoria's famous warning that it is unwise to look too deeply into the royal houses of Europe.
Royals Schandalen
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Author : Michelle Smart
language : nl
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2023-04-11
Royals Schandalen written by Michelle Smart and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with Fiction categories.
Hofleveranciers in passie en schandalen… (1) GERED DOOR DE PRINS Als Prins Marcelo Berruti de mooie, onschuldige Clara voor het altaar wegsleept om haar te redden van een gedwongen huwelijk met een wrede koning, duikt de internationale roddelpers erbovenop. Zijn heldendaad staat op alle voorpagina’s, tot groot ongenoegen van de aanstaande bruidegom. Om een oorlog tussen de twee koninkrijken te voorkomen kan Marcelo maar één ding verzinnen: zélf met Clara trouwen… Clara weet natuurlijk best dat Marcelo haar niet uit liefde ten huwelijk vraagt. Maar ze is zo blij dat hij haar gered heeft, dat ze graag de schijn ophoudt dat ze smoorverliefd op hem is. De prins is adembenemend knap, dus zo moeilijk zal dat niet zijn. Wat pas echt moeilijk is, zo blijkt algauw, is doen alsof ze niets voor hem voelt wanneer ze samen alleen zijn… (2) GEKUST DOOR DE MILJARDAIR Wanneer prinses Alessia per ongeluk de koning van een naburig rijk beledigt, dreigt er een internationaal schandaal. Het koningshuis draagt Gabriel Serres, een wereldberoemde onderhandelaar, op om de gemoederen te bedaren. Alessia is echter allesbehalve kalm als de sexy miljardair in haar buurt is. Als Gabriel haar dan ook nog onverwacht een ondiplomatieke maar zeer opwindende kus geeft, is ze verloren en belandt bij hem in bed… Gabriel is verbijsterd: Alessia verwacht na die ene – toegegeven, hemelse – nacht zijn kind! Nu kan hij niet anders dan met haar trouwen, wat betekent dat hij voortdurend in de schijnwerpers zal staan en zijn zwaar bevochten privacy moet opgeven. De prinses is erg mooi en lief, maar kan hij alles waar hij zo hard voor heeft gewerkt zomaar opgeven? (3) GETROUWD MET DE VIJAND Prinses Elsbeth weet dat Prins Amadeo Berruti alleen maar met haar is getrouwd om de vrede tussen de beide koninkrijken te bewaren. Toch is ze geschokt als Amadeo, na hun verrassend magische bruidsnacht, haar meedeelt dat hij vanaf nu slechts één keer per week het bed met haar zal delen, tot ze hem een erfgenaam schenkt. Is hij werkelijk zo kil en berekenend? Alleen door strikte regels op te stellen kan Amadeo het verdragen om de vijand aan zijn zijde te hebben. Toegegeven, Elsbeth is erg mooi en de huwelijksnacht was overweldigend passievol, maar toch, hij is getrouwd om een oorlog te voorkomen en om voor een erfgenaam te zorgen. Meer niet! Maar hij heeft nooit geweten dat een week zó lang duurt… Deze verhalen zijn ook los verkrijgbaar.
Royal Babylon The Alarming History Of European Royalty
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Author : Karl Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2001-05-01
Royal Babylon The Alarming History Of European Royalty written by Karl Shaw and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In an uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses, readers will find a lively investigation that leaves no throne unturned and that will make them glad they live in a democracy. Illustrations.
Royals Schandalen
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Author : Michelle Smart
language : nl
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Royals Schandalen written by Michelle Smart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
The Royals
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Author : Kitty Kelley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-10-31
The Royals written by Kitty Kelley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The #1 New York Times bestselling, controversial portrait of the British royal family -- as told from behind the palace walls -- for fans of Netflix's The Crown and all royal watchers They are the most chronicled family on the face of the globe. Their every move attracts headlines. Now Kitty Kelley has gone behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace to raise the curtain on the men and women who make up the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Princess Diana...here are the scandals of the last decades: the doomed marriages and the husbands, wives, lovers and children caught in their wake and damaged beyond repair. No one is spared.
Down With The Royals
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Author : Joan Smith
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-24
Down With The Royals written by Joan Smith and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-24 with Social Science categories.
When Prince George was just eight weeks old, the Evening Standard declared him to be 'the most influential person in London'. He couldn't even walk, let alone talk. Yet one day he could become head of state, whether we like it or not. Joan Smith argues that it has become nearly impossible to question the existence of the monarchy. Articulate republicans are drowned out while the supercharged PR and media machines ask only who designed Kate's dresses. Smith topples the arguments for having a monarchy, one by one. The royals don't provide a boost for tourism, and their deliberately opaque accounting conceals the truth about the huge burden they place on the public purse. And she exposes darker truths. These symbols of so-called impartiality have hidden power and influence. Not only does Charles regularly lobby government ministers but - far from the sycophantic reporting of Kate's baby bump - the royals have dined with despots with blood on their hands. Are these people really fi t to be the public face of a modern country? Ultimately, Smith declares that the monarchy - undemocratic, unaccountable and shockingly expensive - has no place in modern Britain.
Scandal
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Author : Anna Clark
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-31
Scandal written by Anna Clark and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with History categories.
Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? In 1820, George IV's "royal gambols" with his mistresses endangered the Old Oak of the constitution. When he tried to divorce Queen Caroline for adultery, the resulting scandal enabled activists to overcome state censorship and revitalize reform. Looking at six major British scandals between 1763 and 1820, this book demonstrates that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. In vibrant prose woven with vivid character sketches and illustrations, Anna Clark explains that activists used these stories to illustrate constitutional issues concerning the Crown, Parliament, and public opinion. Clark argues that sex scandals grew out of the tension between aristocratic patronage and efficiency in government. For instance, in 1809 Mary Ann Clarke testified that she took bribes to persuade her royal lover, the army's commander-in-chief, to promote officers, buy government offices, and sway votes. Could women overcome scandals to participate in politics? This book also explains the real reason why the glamorous Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, became so controversial for campaigning in a 1784 election. Sex scandal also discredited Mary Wollstonecraft, one of the first feminists, after her death. Why do some scandals change politics while others fizzle? Edmund Burke tried to stir up scandal about the British empire in India, but his lurid, sexual language led many to think he was insane. A unique blend of the history of sexuality and women's history with political and constitutional history, Scandal opens a revealing new window onto some of the greatest sex scandals of the past. In doing so, it allows us to more fully appreciate the sometimes shocking ways democracy has become what it is today.
Blood Royal
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Author : John Pearson
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-12-01
Blood Royal written by John Pearson and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the author of All the Money in the World, now a major motion picture, comes a history of Lady Diana's family, the Spencers, a dynasty that rose from sheep farmers to the ranks of upper aristocracy and, finally, royalty. When Lady Diana Spencer married the Prince of Wales in 1981, very little attention was given to her feudal family. The once powerful Spencer dynasty was in disarray and seemed to have outlived its usefulness. In the years following Diana's death, however, the spotlight turned to and remained on the Spencers. Members of what appeared to be a dysfunctional aristocratic family more than came into their own. Blood Royal: The Story of the Spencers and the Royals addresses the questions surrounding the Spencer family story: their chequered history, their intriguing character, and, through the influence of Prince William, their future role within the monarchy. For while Diana left an indelible mark on the British nation and on those who loved and admired her around the world, she also left an indelible mark on the royal family of Windsor: her Spencer genes.
Royals At War
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Author : Dylan Howard
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2020-06-30
Royals At War written by Dylan Howard and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Reveals Shocking Revelations about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and the British Royal Family—and the Divisive Rifts Between Them This explosive exposé, Royals at War, takes readers inside a riven Buckingham Palace to provide the definitive account of the unfolding abdication crisis of 2020—dubbed Megxit—during which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, became royal outcasts. Through revealing interviews with royal family insiders, friends, aides, historians, royal watchers, and others with intimate knowledge of The House of Windsor, this tell-all book looks back at the events, motives and crises which led to Harry (sixth in line to the throne) dramatically abandoning his birthright—in a move not seen for nearly a century, when King Edward VIII also gave up the crown for the woman he loved as Europe teetered on the brink of fascism and war. Like Edward and Wallis Simpson, the catalyst for the scandal here is also an ambitious, controversial American woman. Dylan Howard, bestselling author of Diana: Case Solved and Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales, charts how Meghan’s relationship with Harry was viewed as controversial from the start—and how her brief honeymoon with the British public began to sour shortly after she and Harry announced in November 2018 that they would be leaving Kensington Palace to move to Frogmore Cottage, an hour outside London. As senior royals expressed disapproval, the public at first seemed to enjoy the royal spat, with many still supporting Team Meghan—until it emerged that the bill to renovate Frogmore Cottage to Meghan’s lavish expectations would be $3 million . . . and be picked up by British taxpayers. Finally, in a move nobody saw coming, Harry announced he was turning his back on the role he had been groomed for since birth—giving up his HRH title, repaying the renovation costs of Frogmore Cottage, abandoning his royal duties, and leaving Britain for good. Buckingham Palace reeled. Howard’s unique access and insight into this constitutional crisis will not only address the tensions and tantrums behind closed palace doors, but seek to answer the questions many are still asking: Has Prince Harry ever really recovered from the death of his mother Diana—and the resentment he feels against the institution that tried to destroy her? Why did Meghan, once hailed as a breath of fresh air, rile up the monarchy? Why did she refuse to conform to royal conventions in the way that Catherine did before her? Did the public and media criticism of Meghan go too far? And just how valid are the accusations of racism? How did these modern royals treat the tabloids differently to tradition? And did it backfire? What next for Harry and Meghan? And how will they—and the institution they’ve turned their back on—react to their new lives outside the confines of the Palace and free from the strict codes and conventions that bind all members of the Royal Family? Caught in a trap by virtue of a life entombed in a gilded cage, Royals at War answers these questions and more . . . and reveals how Harry’s infatuation with Meghan and desire to modernize the monarchy could yet end in disaster for the House of Windsor. Played out against the cataclysm of the British tabloid's laser focus on the duchess’ every movement—for good or ill—this is the true story of Harry and Meghan’s split from the Establishment . . . and perhaps just the beginning of a whole new Monarchy, redefined for the modern age.
Secrets Of The Royals
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Author : Gordon Winter
language : en
Publisher: St Martins Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Secrets Of The Royals written by Gordon Winter and has been published by St Martins Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with History categories.
Presents a compilation of facts, trivia, dates, and gossip about the lives and deaths of royalty