Behind the palace doors : five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain /

Farquhar, Michael.

Behind the palace doors : five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain / Michael Farquhar. - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2011. - ix, 307 p. : geneal. tables ; 21 cm.

"A Random House Trade Paperback original"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-307).

Pt. 1. House of Tudor -- pt. 2. House of Stuart -- pt. 3. House of Hanover -- pt. 4. House of Saxe-Goburg-Gotha to Windsor.

Offers a secret history of the scandals, scheming, and intrigue surrounding the British royal family, from Henry VIII and his six wives to Queen Elizabeth II and the other members of the House of Windsor of the twenty-first century.

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Queens--Great Britain--Biography--Miscellanea.
Royal houses--History--Great Britain--Miscellanea.


Great Britain--History--Miscellanea.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography--Miscellanea.

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