A best-selling international portrait of the lives of eight of Europe's most famous royal brides features women who left their home countries to marry some of the world's most powerful rulers, including Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette, and Empress Eugenie of France. By the author of Cupid and the King and Serpent and the Moon. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Frank yet sympathetic, often surprising, Cupid and the King is a fascinating and entertaining insight into a controversial and neglected aspect of royal history..

Updated with a new chapter, an internationally best-selling account of five of history's most famous royal mistresses celebrates the lives of Madame de Pompadour, Lola Montez, Nell Gwyn, Marie Waleska, and Lily Langtry. By the author of The Serpent and the Moon. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

An intriguing study of a royal love triangle captures the complex relationships that existed between King Henri II of France, his wife Catherine de Medici, and his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, examining the impact of the love story on the history of Renaissance France. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.