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If you take this book for pure entertainment value it is great. I would read it again for some laughs. However, as a history im not sure what I am supposed to be getting out of it other than kings loved their mistresses more than their wives and court was a vipers pit.

Low born but fiesty!

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This book is killing me and not in a good way. While the author writes well, she doesnt go chronologically or by geographic region when talking about the mistresses and kings. This causes a confusing and disjointed reading of the material. Herman also only cites quotes and nothing else. This makes me wary of believing her very detailed history of these women and men. Ive also noticed some differences with The King's Bed by Jordan

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Finished The King's Bed and I've decided that I might as well move from one sex filled history to another!

It'll be interesting to see what liberties she'll take with the history considering she has no formal historical research foundation.

#YouCantStopMe #History

So I snuck out during my lunch break to visit the used book store and picked up this book (my particular brand of Feminism is that Courtesans were badass Self-made women who played the system to their advantages, so this book interests me) and this author photo Got Me. Like, I'm into this subject, but Eleanor Herman is clearly Into. It.

It's a great book with a ton of fascinating historical factoids. A little awkward to tote around on the metro, but worth the funny looks.

While the stories were attention grabbing, the organization of the book left much to be desired. :(

Today's thrift store haul is brought to you by social histories! A book about famous mistresses throughout history, one about the "greatest stories never told," and one about two society women in 1916 who braved the Colorado frontier.❤️❤️❤️

I love hearing stories of mistresses through the ages. Not to mention learning how certain mistresses shaped politics over the centuries.