A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest Weirdest Most Wanton Kings Queens (33 page)
Authors: Michael Farquhar
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Acknowledgments
I want to thank all my wonderfully supportive family and friends, especially my mom, dad, and sister Mary, Melissa O’Neill Alshab, Jamie Beidleman, Anne Hennessey Conway, Mike Curtin, Mary Jane and Bill Foote, Mike Grimpus, Nancy and Pip Lisas, and Tom O’Neil.
I also want to thank my outstanding agent, Jenny Bent, and editor, Caroline White, as well as the folks at Penguin who put this book together, and Erik Falkensteen of the Granger Collection who spent so many hours finding the illustrations.
Many of my current and former colleagues at
The Washington Post
helped me in numerous and diverse ways, especially Marty Barrick, Mike Drew, Bill Elsen, Mary Hadar, Marla Harper, Melissa McCullough, Olwen Price, Boyce Rensberger, Curt Suplee, Mary Lou White, and Tom Wilkinson.
The Washington Post
helped me in numerous and diverse ways, especially Marty Barrick, Mike Drew, Bill Elsen, Mary Hadar, Marla Harper, Melissa McCullough, Olwen Price, Boyce Rensberger, Curt Suplee, Mary Lou White, and Tom Wilkinson.
Finally, I am most grateful to Ann Marie Lynch, who defines the word friendship, and Gene Weingarten of
The Washington Post
whose twisted genius is a gift from God.
The Washington Post
whose twisted genius is a gift from God.
1
Find out just how much Catherine hated Peter in Part III, Chapter 4.
2
He was killed when a lance pierced through his visor during a joust and shattered into his face, a demise supposedly predicted by the famed seer Nostradamus.
3
For a full account of Henry VIII and his six wives, see Part III, Chapter 2.
4
His grandfather, father and brother all were beheaded as traitors.
5
The king’s illness is examined in Part VI, Chapter 5.
6
Just how vacuous is seen in Part II, Chapter 6.
7
As explained in Part I, Chapter 3.
8
Jane Grey’s tragic career is examined in Part IV, Chapter 2.
9
George’s hellish marriage is detailed in Part III, Chapter 5.
2
Queen Anne, for one, was so obese that she had to be carried at her coronation because her legs couldn’t support her.
2
Queen Anne, for one, was so obese that she had to be carried at her coronation because her legs couldn’t support her.
10
Wallis Warfield Simpson is introduced in Part 1, Chapter 3.
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