Leslie Carroll

Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire (2010)

This book is like People magazine of past royal marriages. It gives you all the juicy gossip and should probably be considered a guilty pleasure, much like People magazine. I was disappointed, that of all the "notorious" royal marriages, Edward II of England and wife Isabella of France were not ...

Královské poklesky. Nemanželské svazky, které otřásly britskou monarchií (2010)

I really like reading these kinds of books and this one is no exception. I like that Carroll can admit when she doesn't know something or that it is just spectulation. I think that's important when it comes to history in general. But the book itself is very well structured and I loved the connect...

Royal Pains: A Rogues' Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds (2011)

Eleven stories of royals gone wild!!! Some I had read about before so nothing new there like Vlad thenImpaler (Dracula) and the Countess of Bathory who murdered young girls and bathed in their blood thinking it would maintain her youth. Truly some were psychopaths which probably came from inbreed...

Spin Doctor (2006)

Play Dates (2005)