What do you get when you are forced by your parents to marry for position, usually to a family member as close as your first cousin? A very unhappy life. This book highlights many of those marriages. I found it interesting that although infidelity was a way of life, especially for royal marriages, m...
I'm not sure I would call the marriage of Victoria and Albert a "notorious" one. Also, way too much on the wives of Henry "Head Chopper" VIII. Some of them could have been combined into one chapter.But overall, an entertaining and amusing read, with a focus on France and England. I love the secti...
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