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In another royal exposé, Farquhar, a writer at the Washington Post, duplicates some of the ground covered in Karl Shaw's Royal Babylon, such as Peter the Great's delight in administering torture (he had his son lashed to death) and the way Britain's Queen Mary cajoled her subjects into giving her their household treasures ("I am caressing it with my eyes," she would coyly coo). Written in a provocative tabloid style (with headings like "We Are Not Abused. We Are Abusive," "A Son Should Love His Mother, But..." and "All the Holiness Money Can Buy"), Farquhar publicly washes the dirty laundry of not only European royalty, but also of Roman emperors and popes. Murderers and torturers who slept with their siblings (and other relatives), the emperors of Rome excelled at corruption. The maniacal pedophile Tiberius Caesar (A.D. 14-37) left the corpses of his many victims to rot on the Gemonian Steps, which descended from the Capitol to the Forum, or alternatively enjoyed watching them being thrown from a cliff ("A contingent of soldiers was stationed below to whack them with oars and boat hooks just in case the fall failed to do the trick"). Many popes were no better. Not content with just rooting out Christian heretics by launching a bloody crusade against the Cathars in southern France, Innocent III (1160-1216) declared himself ruler of the world. He sacked Constantinople and massacred every Muslim he could find. Like Royal Babylon, this gossipy string of anecdotes is a popularized rather than an authoritative history and perfect for travel reading. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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About the Author
Michael Farquhar, a former writer and editor at The Washington Post, is the bestselling author of numerous books, including the critically acclaimed Behind the Palace Doors and Secret Lives of the Tsars, as well as the popular Penguin "Treasury" series: A Treasury of Royal Scandals, A Treasury of Great American Scandals, A Treasury of Deception, A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans, and his latest title, Bad Days in History. He lives in Washington, D.C.                            Â
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Product details
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books; 10th printing edition (May 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140280243
ISBN-13: 978-0140280241
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.2 out of 5 stars
189 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#418,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I've read many of Farquhar's books, and have loved them all. This one is no exception.I've read "Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain" and was hesitant to purchase this book, as I feared it would be a repeat of the same stories. It is not. This book includes stories about the first Popes and some of the Roman Emperors, as well as stories about Spanish nobles and famous Italians (the Medici family really would be a great next book for this author to write about). Honestly, I could stand to never read about the early Popes and Roman Emperors ever again (really unseemly stuff), but I was grateful for their inclusion just to be reminded of the world we live and how we got to where we are today.Like all of this author's books, I'd recommend stopping every few chapters, and reading more about these historical figures online. It really gives a better insight into how these people fit into the overall history of our world.Overall, a great read.
This is good for people who have a 'mental block' when learning history. History from a risque perspective. . . does make the characters more interesting, at least that's what I feel . ( stuff the teachers didn't tell us ! )
The author starts off with all sorts of well known and lesser known shocking antics of royals through Europe....then he seems to run out of material and begins to discuss history without any back story. It's as if he combined two books. I suppose the conclusion is most royals behaved well.
Rulers throughout the ages have had more than their share of scandals. Although Sex with anyone and everyone was common among the men, a few royal women joined in. If you're squeamish, you might want to gloss over the death and torture sections; or at least, don't read them right before bed. The section on the Popes might not sit too well with some Catholics. The last section deals with those for whom execution was not enough.
I know this is a book about scandals, but I expected more historical context and not just moving from one salacious detail to the next. I'm sure some people would love it, but it's not for me.
I just finished reading another of this author's books for the first time and was actually impressed with the writing style and decided to try this one thinking it would be as fun and informative as Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain.The Royal Scandals was a much more shallow and tabloid style take on the information. I have only gotten through the first section and decided Im not going to read any further. There was one point about the "We are NOT amused" statement by Queen Victoria that was in this book said that it had to do with an opera. I had read in more than one place in the past that it was about a dirty joke that someone told at a dinner party so it left me wondering how well researched this book really was.If you want to experience just a licentious slant on history and aren't worried about truly learning anything...this is a good book and Im sure many will find this kind of writing humorous. Unfortunately for myself I didn't find it amusing:)If you haven't read any of this author's work before read the above mentioned book Behind the Palace Doors. I actually have found it informative and entertaining to read...Im over 85% done with it and it will get me to purchase more from this writer...too bad it was A Treasury of Royal Scandals...next time I will read the reviews better.Happy Shopping!!Update: I have read and finished this book...after the first section in my opinion it did get better so I raised it to three stars...much of the same information as in Behind the Palace Doors.
i read this book with an open mind and it brought back a lot of History that i had forgotten. If people today think Waterboarding is horrible, then they should read this book from beginning to end! It does have some humorous spots in it , which are thrown in at just the correct times to make this a great history lesson.
If you have an interest in history, and a sense of humor, you'll really like Michael Farquhar's books. He takes basic facts in history, and fills them in with more hilarious and sometimes disturbing tales. I'm not sure what's actually true and what's been rumored over many years, but who cares. It's a fun, fast read you'll pick up again and again.
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