"This popular history of royal behavior includes misdeeds on both a petty and a grand scale, and includes tales of terror, incest, and murder. Includes accounts of the Roman emperors and of popes."@en
"Stories of some of history's wickedest, weirdest, most wanton kings, queens, tsars, popes and emperors, such as Tiberius and George IV."
"From the debauchery of Tiberius to the sloth of George IV, Michael Farquhar takes us on a rollercoaster journey through the history of monarchs and despots and graphically illustrates the maxim that "absolute power corrupts absolutely". Whether throwing their enemies from clifftops or merely seducing everyone in sight, kings and queens and popes throughout the ages seem to have let their priviledged positions go to their heads. This anecdotal account is both amusing and illuminating and leaves you with the distinct impression that a 'constitutional' monarchy is probably not such a bad idea."

"A treasury of royal scandals [the shocking true stories of history's wickedest, weirdest, most wanton kings, queens, tsars, popes, and emperors]"
"A treasury of royal scandals"@en
"A treasury of royal scandals"