Royal Scandal

Author : Michael Farquhar
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140280241
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Treasury of Royal Scandals written by Michael Farquhar and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted-like so many of the crowned heads themselves-A Treasury of Royal Scandals presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England, from the lavish rooms of Versailles to the dankest corners of the Bastille, the great royals of Europe have excelled at savage parenting, deadly rivalry, pathological lust, and meeting death with the utmost indignity-or just very bad luck.

Author : Marquita Valentine
Publisher : Loveswept
ISBN 13 : 0399594744
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royal Scandal written by Marquita Valentine and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy tales do come true—and so do tabloid scandals! Bestselling author Marquita Valentine kicks off a juicy contemporary romance series with a novel about a prince whose best-laid plans go deliciously awry when he marries the maid next door. Forced to flee to the United States with his siblings after their parents’ assassination, Crown Prince Colin Sinclair takes it upon himself to become the caretaker of his family while hiding out near Charlotte, North Carolina. But after a decade in hiding, the secret’s out and Parliament demands that Colin wed a princess of their choosing. Unwilling to play their game, Colin decides to marry an American instead, and he has the perfect candidate in mind. As a home-service professional, Della Hughes doesn’t believe in storybook endings. But when her best friend and secret crush reveals that he’s a flesh-and-blood prince, she doesn’t know what to think. Still, she’ll do anything for Colin, including becoming his wife—in name only, of course. But when their plans to stay purely platonic go by the wayside, their fake honeymoon turns all too real. After a week of white-hot nights, Della can no longer deny her feelings—not with a happily ever after so tantalizingly close. Praise for Royal Scandal “A sweet and sexy modern-day spin on the classic Cinderella story.”—Heidi McLaughlin, New York Times bestselling author of Blow “For any of those royalty romance fans, I highly recommend Royal Scandal.”—Harlequin Junkie “I’m definitely interested in the next book in the series!”—Somewhere Lost In Books “I absolutely loved this book! This is a mix of a modern Cinderella and British monarchy story. This love story is swoon-worthy . . . you can’t stop reading!”—Books & Boys Book Blog “With a sweet, sexy romance, a fantastic cast of characters and a plot that will keeps your eyes planted in this story, Marquita Valentine creates an excellent book with Royal Scandal.”—JoJo The Bookaholic (five stars) “Once again I am a total sucker for anything that is geared towards hopeless romantics.”—Book Plus Heart “I love Marquita’s work and look forward to her stories.”—FMR Book Grind “Hot, funny, and emotional too, Royal Scandal is an absolutely wicked fantasy from the first page to the last. I’m in love with this story, the characters, and this world! Marquita Valentine perfectly captures the magic of romance and royalty.”—Katy Evans, New York Times bestselling author of the REAL series Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

Author : Tom Quinn
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785907212
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scandals of the Royal Palaces written by Tom Quinn and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Orwell once said that the British love a really good murder. He might have added that the only thing the British love more than a good murder is a really good scandal, and best of all are the sexual and political scandals that take place behind the gilded doors of Britain's royal palaces. From Edward II's intimate relationship with Piers Gaveston to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's dramatic exit from the royal family, the royal residences have seen it all. This glorious romp of a book contains new information on well-known and not-so-well-known scandals, including those that have only recently been revealed through the release of previously secret official papers. Exploring surviving palaces such as Kensington as well as long‐vanished residences including Whitehall, Scandals of the Royal Palaces is the first in-depth look at the bad behaviour of not just the royals themselves but also palace officials, courtiers, household servants and hangers‐on. Delving into the bitter hatreds that generations of King Georges nursed for their eldest sons, Queen Victoria's opium‐fuelled rages and Edward VII's near-miss perjury conviction, royal expert Tom Quinn reveals that scandal and the royal family have always been bedfellows. And if the behaviour of today's royals is anything to go by, the glittering palaces will continue to house intriguing, embarrassing and outrageous scandals for centuries to come.

Author : Caitlin Crews
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 148800093X
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Expecting a Royal Scandal written by Caitlin Crews and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marriage to steal the headlines! Royal scoundrel Felipe Cairo is the least likely king in Europe and avoids the crown with a passion! To uphold his reckless image and avoid the shackles of duty, Cairo must choose a most inappropriate wife… Media sensation Brittany Hollis has a reputation outrageous enough to rival Cairo's. Yet with each scorching kiss, she reveals more of her secrets than she's ever shown the world. But there's a twist in their tabloid fairy tale that shocks them both: Brittany might not be queen material, but she's carrying a royal heir! Conveniently wedded, passionately bedded!

Author : Nicole Burnham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984706945
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scandal with a Prince written by Nicole Burnham and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While in Spain, Megan has a one night stand with Prince Stefano Barrali. Ten years later, they see each other again and Megan, whose daughter is the result of that one night, is hesitant to reignite her relationship with the prince.

Author : Aimée Carter
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0593485939
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royal Scandal written by Aimée Carter and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the Royal Blood series about an American girl who threatens the royal family by exposing their darkest scandals—even as they get more sinister. American girl turned monarchy nightmare, Evan Bright, has gotten used to the press about her but the media attention has only seemed to get worse. From desperate clickbait articles about her and the President's son to Royal Record headlines pitting her against Princess Maisie, it seems everyone is dying for Evan to return back to America for good. Meanwhile Evan is receiving mysterious threats about her real story being reveiled in a tell-all biography. When more information is leaked about Evan, she fears she will always be Britain's media villain. But the threats escalate when there is an attempted assassination with no suspects...and Evan believes the person is in the palace's walls. They say what doesn't kill you will make you stronger...but what if it's the royal family who wants you dead?

Author : Cat Schield
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0373734557
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Child, Royal Scandal written by Cat Schield and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prince must produce an heir. Little does he know, he already has... Christian Alessandro lives life in the fast lane. But royal duty calls, and the bachelor prince must settle down and sire the future king of Sherdana. That's when a chance encounter with former flame Noelle Dubone yields a bombshell discovery: Christian's already a father! Marrying Noelle will make his boy the legitimate heir. It's a rocky reunion. The determined dressmaker refuses to fall in love--or in bed!--with Christian again, even as old, intense feelings return with a vengeance. But what the prince wants, the prince gets...

Author : Allison Montclair
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250178401
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Royal Affair written by Allison Montclair and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are unexpectedly engaged to dig into the past of a suitor of a royal princess in Allison Montclair’s delightful second novel, A Royal Affair. In London 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau is just beginning to take off and the proprietors, Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, are in need of a bigger office and a secretary to handle the growing demand. Unfortunately, they don't yet have the necessary means. So when a woman arrives—a cousin of Gwen's—with an interesting and quite remunerative proposition, they two of them are all ears. The cousin, one Lady Matheson, works for the Queen in "some capacity" and is in need of some discreet investigation. It seems that the Princess Elizabeth has developed feelings for a dashing Greek prince and a blackmail note has arrived, alluding to some potentially damaging information about said prince. Wanting to keep this out of the palace gossip circles, but also needing to find out what skeletons might lurk in the prince's closet, the palace has quietly turned to Gwen and Iris. Without causing a stir, the two of them must now find out what secrets lurk in the prince's past, before his engagement to the future Queen of England is announced. And there's more at stake than the future of the Empire —there is their potential new office that lies in the balance.

Author : Joanne Major
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473863449
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Right Royal Scandal written by Joanne Major and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the authors of An Infamous Mistress: “The tale of two juicy 19th-century scandals, both concerning the aristocratic Cavendish-Bentinck family” (Cheshire Life). Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British royal family. The first part of this intriguing book looks at the scandal that erupted in Regency London, just months after the Battle of Waterloo, when the widowed Lord Charles Bentinck eloped with the Duke of Wellington’s married niece. Over two decades later and while at Oxford University, Lord Charles’ eldest son fell in love with a beautiful Romany girl, and secretly married her. When his alliance was discovered, he was cast adrift by his family—with devastating consequences. A love story as well as a brilliantly researched historical biography, this is a continuation of Joanne Major and Sarah Murden’s first biography, An Infamous Mistress, about the eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott, whose daughter was the first wife of Lord Charles Bentinck. The book ends by showing how, if not for a young gypsy and her tragic life, the British monarchy would look very different today. “An easy read of a subject that keeps you engrossed from start to finish. This book is brilliant for those who enjoy the scandals of historical television, with the added authenticity of historical fact.” —History of Royals “The plots may seem to come straight out of the world of Regency Romance but they are all true, and carefully annotated and verified by Major and Murden.” —Naomi Clifford, author of The Murder of Mary Ashford

Author : Rrashima Swaarup Verma
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN 13 : 9390441323
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal Scandal written by Rrashima Swaarup Verma and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1798. Hyderabad, India. Lieutenant Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick is the recently appointed British Resident. When he first meets Khair-un-Nissa, a beautiful Indian noblewoman, love inevitably blossoms. It soon becomes clear to James and Khair that the road they have chosen is strewn with painful conflicts around his religion, her honour, their identities, and even their survival. With time, they are shunned by two severe societies, used and discarded as mere pawns in the ruthless battles of pride and honour, and ultimately exploited as a means to settle personal scores of those in power. How much will they have to stake for the sake of love? How far will they be compelled to go? What is the price they pay for love? Set amidst majestic palaces, regal forts, fragrant gardens and a paradigm shift in power among the highest thrones of command, The Royal Scandal is a love story that dared to defy, and forever changed the power dynamics in British India. The book highlights the spirit of a young nineteen-year-old Indian noblewoman who broke through the barriers of religion for her love, and the resolve of a much older British officer who put at stake his entire career to let his love blossom. In this bittersweet story, you will get a glimpse of the politics that changed the way India grew in the era, as also the personal vendettas of people in power. “...a marvellous work on how politics impacts the love story of a British Resident and a Hyderabadi noblewoman... meticulously-researched narrative with a simple style.” - Dr. Aruna Pariti. Head – Department of History, Osmania University, Hyderabad. “This is history writing with its moistness retained. Thoroughly researched and extremely readable.” - Dr. Shankar Kumar. Department of History, Hindu College, Delhi University.