An edition of Behind the palace doors
(2011)
Behind the palace doors
five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain
by Michael Farquhar
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Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain
2011, Random House, Incorporated
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2011, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Table of Contents
pt. 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
pt. 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
pt. 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
pt. 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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