<p> In royal courts bristling with testosterone—swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals—how did repressed regal ladies find happiness? </p> <ul> <li>Anne Boleyn flirted with courtiers; Catherine Howard slept with one. Henry VIII had both of them beheaded.</li> <li>Catherine the Great had her idiot husband murdered and ruled the Russian empire with a long list of sexy young favorites.</li> <li>Marie Antoinette fell in love with the handsome Swedish count Axel Fersen, who tried valiantly to rescue her from the guillotine.</li> <li>Princess Diana gave up her palace bodyguard to enjoy countless love affairs, which tragically led to her early death.</li> </ul> <p> In this impeccably researched, scandalously readable follow-up to her <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Sex with Kings</i>, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what has historically gone on behind the closed door of the queen's boudoir. </p>