Behind the palace doors, five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain, Michael Farquhar
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Behind the palace doors, five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain, Michael Farquhar
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-307)
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Behind the palace doors
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five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain
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Part 1, House of Tudor, Introductory chapter : A blending of roses and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VIII (1509-1547) : up the stairs, pulled by an engine, Edward VI (1547-1553) : the boy king, Lady Jane Grey (1553) : "the Nine Days Queen", Mary I (1553-1558) : Bloody Mary's burning desire, Elizabeth I (1558-1603) : perils of a princess, Elizabeth I (1558-1603) : a clash of queens, Part 2. House of Stuart, James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : kissing cousins, James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : bewitched, James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : Arbella Stuart : too close for comfort, Charles I (1625-1649) : with his head held high, Charles I (1625-1649) : a grisly afterlife, Charles II (1660-1685) : the great escape, Charles II (1660-1685) : "Old Rowley", James II (1685-1689) : a fool and his crown, William III (1689-1702) and Mary II (1689-1694) : joint sovereigns, Anne (1702-1714) : a feud too many, Part 3. House of Hanover, George I (1714-1727) : his heart was in Hanover, George II (1727-1760) : a boorish, over-sexed bully, George II (1727-1760) : Bonnie Prince Charlie, George III (1760-1820) : Caroline Matilda : something rotten in the state of Denmark, George III (1760-1820) : the reign insane, George III (1760-1820) : a royal murder mystery, George IV (1820-1830) : a wife on the side, George IV (1820-1830) : hello, I loathe you, William IV (1830-1837) : a misbegotten brood, Victoria (1837-1901) : a trip down the aisle, Victoria (1837-1901) : the Queen's Prince Charming, Victoria (1837-1901) : paradise lost, Part 4. House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, Edward VII (1901-1910) : Sex Ed, George V (1910-1936) : Georgie and Nicky : a fatal friendship, Edward VIII (1936) : an abdication of duty, George VI (1936-1952) : the courage of a king, Elizabeth II (1952-present) : Good Queen Bess
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