Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll - Highly Entertaining "Romp" Through History

A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britains royals.Insatiable kings, lecherous queens, kissing cousins, and wanton consorts history has never been so much fun.Royal unions have always been the stuff of scintillating gossip, from the passionate Plantagenets to Henry VIIIs alarming head count of wives and mistresses, to the Sapphic crushes of Mary and Anne Stuart right on up through the scandal-blighted coupling of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Thrown into loveless, arranged marriages for political and economic gain, many royals were driven to indulge their pleasures outside the marital bed, engaging in delicious flirtations, lurid love letters, and rampant sex with voluptuous and willing partners.This nearly pathological lust made for some of the most titillating scandals in Great Britains history. Hardly harmless, these affairs have disrupted dynastic alliances, endangered lives, and most of all, fed the salacious curiosity of the public for centuries. Royal Affairs will satiate that curiosity by bringing this arousing history alive.

Highly Entertaining "Romp" Through History
I've read both of Eleanor Herman's books ("Sex with Kings" and "Sex with the Queen"), as well as Michael Farquhar's book "A Treasury of Royal Scandals." Of all the books, I like Carroll's "Royal Affairs" the best. Why?

Although Herman gets points for the color photos in her books, and Farquhar has a very convenient timeline for reference in the back of his, overall I found Carroll's writing to be the most engaging and entertaining. Many passages are simply laugh-out-loud witty. For example, in referring to the Earl of Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots's lover, Carroll describes him as "a somewhat simian-looking serial adulterer." Queen Caroline (married to George IV) she describes as although having a "pale, clear complexion that was much praised, she was also too fond of her rouge pot." Many of Carroll's descriptions give the reader an instant mental visual of what these people must have looked and acted like. There's not a dry or boring moment in this book.

I saw an earlier review that Carroll relies too much on web references. Although I had paid little attention to the bibliography when I read the book (I was reading for entertainment, not research), I did go back to see what the reviewer meant. Carroll's short list of web sites seems legitimate to me, since they are all either encyclopedic web sites or reputable British history sites. Carroll also cites 75+ other books and articles.

"Royal Affairs" is an exceedingly entertaining and quick read. I recommend it highly.

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