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Date Posted: 16:20:22 04/18/05 Mon
Author: Syl
Subject: Royal Scandals

This was sent in by Heather C, who has just returned to the fold after a long absence. Thanks, lass, and welcome back! I love reading about scandal!



TITLE: A TREASURY OF ROYAL SCANDALS: The Shocking True Stories of History’s Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors

AUTHOR: Michael Farquhar

GENRE: Biography


This popular history of royal behavior includes misdeeds on both a petty and a grand scale, and includes tales of terror, incest, and murder. Includes accounts of the Roman emperors and of popes. It also includes very handy family trees, appendices and timelines so you don’t get your scandals confused!


If you love history, especially scandals and royals then this book is for you. What other book regarding royal history starts out as “Catherine The Great loved horses. She also loved sex. Contrary to popular legend, however, she never managed to unite the two passions.”

This book made me either blush or cover my mouth at times with a “Oh My!”. I cannot believe that human beings especially “ privileged” treated each other in this way! How did children make it growing up?

Here is a description:

From Nero’s nagging mother (who also became his lover) to Catherine’s stable of studs, here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous doings you never learned about in history class.

Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted – like so many of the crowned heads themselves – it presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England and more.

Michael Farquhar also has another book titled: A Treasury of Great American Scandals

Here is the website with all kinds of goodies for those who have enjoyed this book:
Royal Scandals

Hope you enjoy!
Heather C

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[> Interesting!! The British ones then have not evolved in a thousand years eh, one would assume???!!! -- Lolkate, 17:32:52 04/18/05 Mon


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[> [> Well, at least few people can criticize them for being boring - they've rarely been that! -- nailseabelle, 02:33:14 04/20/05 Wed


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[> This book is wonderful! I read it and then leant it to my dear friend Donna, who is very hard to please. She loved it too. It is so droll and entertaining, even when being totally gross. Thanks for the review, Heather! -- beccabee, 08:52:50 04/19/05 Tue


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[> This looks great, its a definite for my birthday list. Thanks HeatherC -- Margy, 13:09:52 04/20/05 Wed


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[> I absolutely love this book! It's so entertaining. I, too, had those mouth-gaping "Oh My!" moments while reading it. I've passed this book around and everyone else has loved it too. Makes you feel good about being a normal non-royal. Read it! Michael Farquhar is great at his story-telling. -- Reilly, 09:37:04 04/21/05 Thu


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[> Ooooh...I've been meaning to get this book for quite a while. Glad to see it's worth the price. -- Aislinn, 09:18:36 04/26/05 Tue


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[> A Treasury Of Royal Scandals -- Michael Farquhar, 21:28:59 05/04/05 Wed

Hello. This is Michael Farquhar. I just want you all to know, especially you, Heather C., how very much I apreciate your generous comments about my book. It pleases me so much to know that others are enjoying what I truly enjoyed writing. Thank you all!
Now keep an eye out for my new book, "A Treasury of Deception," which goes on sale May 31. More historical tid-bits I think you'll like.


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[> [> Wow! A note from Himself! I'm impressed! -- Fran S,, 13:13:42 05/22/05 Sun


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[> This was a fun, and interesting read. A dear friend gave it to me, and I really enjoyed it. It's like sherbet between the courses. -- LaurenG, 08:33:04 10/15/05 Sat


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