Brenda Ralph Lewis

Dark History of the Kings & Queens of Europe (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.' - William Shakespeare

'I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.' - Catherine the Great

To many, Europe has been the pinnacle of world sophistication and culture. Yet beneath the power, the glamour, and the splendour there has also been scandal, mystery and skullduggery. Dark History of the Kings & Queens of Europe peels away the glory and the glitz to take a wry look at what has really gone on in the corridors, bedrooms and dungeons of European power from the fourteenth century up to the present day. Including Vlad the Impaler's stakes, Elizabeth Bathory's razor blades, Philip IV's starvation of the Knights Templars, the man in the iron mask, many mad monarchs from Juana I the Mad of Spain to Ludwig II of Bavaria, and the troubled life of Princess Grace of Monaco, Dark History of the Kings & Queens of Europe is illustrated throughout and offers a lively, highly varied portrait of continental European monarchy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amber Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908696342
• Artikelnr.: 40409840

Autorenporträt

Brenda Ralph Lewis has written more than 100 books and hundreds of magazine articles, as well as radio and television documentaries, on subjects including history (both ancient and modern), myth and legend, animal and insect life, archaeology and genealogy. She lives in Buckinghamshire, England.