The Pocket Guide to Scandals in the Aristocracy
The Pocket Guide to Scandals in the Aristocracy

Author: Andy K. Hughes

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1844687503

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We were going to call this a Pocket Guide to Noble Scandals but theres nothing noble about these aristocrats. Tales of greed, list, murder and mayhem litter the pages of Andy Hughes must-read book. Whether its gambling away their familys fortune, writing racy poems and shocking decent people, the aristocracy have been at the center of scandals for centuries, abusing their position of power to take advantage of everyone else or kill those who get in their way. This Pocket Guide to Scandals in the Aristocracy is a race through history, divided into eras to introduce the best and worst scurrilous tales from Francis Lovell being bricked up alive in his stately home to the ongoing mystery of Lord Lucan and delicious (but true) gossip which delighted readers when the aristocrats were thinly disguised in the novels of their day. Bring history alive with this fact-filled guide.Youll also love: The Pocket Guide to Royal Scandals and The Pocket Guide to Political Scandals, both by Andy Hughes

The Pocket Guide to Royal Scandals
The Pocket Guide to Royal Scandals

Author: Andy K. Hughes

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 184468380X

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A must-buy book for everyone interested in history and skeletons in the regal cupboards. Discover fascinating facts about lust, greed, murder, envy and just plain stupidity. Read King Henry VIIIs scurrilous letters to Anne Boleyn (thought he was interested in her mind? Think again). Whilst King Charles II was known as the Merry Monarch and Queen Elizabeth Is nickname, the Virgin Queen was rumored to be a misnomer, there was a darker side to the royal family, including murder and regicide was Queen Victorias son really Jack the Ripper or did her surgeon do it? History will come alive with this fact-filled book.

A History of Political Scandals
A History of Political Scandals

Author: Andy Hughes

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2013-11-06

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1844680894

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A MUST-BUY BOOK for everyone interested in history and the scandalous behaviour of politicians across the world. Andy Hughes' fascinating book guides us through centuries of political abuse - and just plain stupidity. The Profumo Affair is still shocking to modern voters, possibly because the MP actually stepped down after being caught out after sharing his mistress with a Russian spy. This Pocket Guide will expose the secret side of politics, including which politicians risked or ruined their own careers for personal gain. This gripping book includes stories include the MP who liked to party hard and be whipped even harder, the Prime Minister and his hookers, expenses claims for manure and the US President who called for all gay men to be castrated. There is definitely no shortage of scandalous behaviour. In fact, politicians have mixed scandal with eggs, adult movies, helicopters, drugs, shoes, beef burgers, public toilets, mobile phones, rape, turkeys, orgies and even ice cream. You name it and politicians have been mixed up in it somehow. It is not just today's politicians who are embroiled with scandal, as this explosive Pocket Guide to Political Scandals reveals the questionable behaviour of politicians of yesteryear and from around the world; the corruption, dishonesty and like of morals and judgement all come out in the stories in the book. As featured on BBC Three Counties Radio

Celebrated Trials Connected with the Aristocracy in the Relations of Private Life
Celebrated Trials Connected with the Aristocracy in the Relations of Private Life

Author: Peter Burke

Publisher:

Published: 2008-08

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9781437009514

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Love Romances of the Aristocracy
Love Romances of the Aristocracy

Author: Thornton Hall

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-02

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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"Love Romances of the Aristocracy" is a book by Thornton Hall that talks about the romantic lives of aristocrats throughout history. The book gives readers a glimpse into the scandals, intrigues, and affairs of the rich and powerful, making for a fascinating and entertaining read.

Embracing Scandal
Embracing Scandal

Author: Suzi Love

Publisher:

Published: 2013-02-18

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 9780992345631

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After Lady Rebecca Jamison, a mathematical genius, saves her family from financial ruin by secretly investing in railway stocks on the London stock exchange, a greedy syndicate, desperate for Becca's calculations and predictions, murders her friend and threatens the Jamison family, forcing Becca to beg assistance from her childhood friend, Cayle St. Martin. The newly titled Duke of Sherwyn has returned to London after five years on the continent extending his family's shipping interests. He's shunned his privileged London life and his father's unbending attitudes, and becomes committed to employing the spying tactics he learned on the continent to help Becca indict the syndicate - and using his skills as a lover to seduce her into his bed. But how will Cayle be able to convince Becca, a determinedly self-sufficient spinster, that he can be more to her than just a protector? The first in my scandal serieswith heroines whose scientific knowledge and intellectare an affront to increasingly prudish early Victoriansociety.

In a Storm of Scandal
In a Storm of Scandal

Author: Kim Lawrence

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 9780373882137

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"Poppy lost her heart--and her reputation--to the dangerously suave Luca Ranieri. Only to be crushed by a whirlwind of scandal when aristocratic Luca chose duty over desire. Now Poppy finds herself stranded in her grandmother's castle by a violent storm--captive with none other than the deliciously disheveled Luca"--P. [4] of cover.