Kings and favorites. Sotnikova N.N.

The favorites of the monarchs in history were different. Some willingly removed the burden of state concerns from the king’s shoulders, faithfully working for the good of the Fatherland. Others, on the basis of purely cordial attachment of the benefactor, shamelessly exploited his weaknesses, multiplying mercy that poured on them and openly stuffing their pockets.

whom did the gods and heroes of ancient myths love? In memory of what beautiful young man on the orders of Emperor Adrian throughout the Roman Empire were erected monuments and temples, and the city founded in Egypt? What favorites ruined themselves and the king of England Edward II? Who did the King of France Henry III loved more: women or his favorites-little ones ”? Was the King of Louis XIII a chaste by the father of his sons? Are there intentionally by order of Mazarini from the brother of Louis XIV. The Duke of Philip of Orleans, brought up a wife -like creation? How did the poor provincial nobleman George Viliers managed to become the Duke of Bekingem, the favorite of the two kings of England, Jacob I and Charles I Stuarts? Why were women not allowed into the suburban residence of the king of Prussia Friedrich P. Palace of Sansusi? How did the Mad King Ludwig II Bavarian choose his favorites? How did the wives of the Danish princes of Waldemar and George relate to the indissoluble friendship that binded their husbands?

All these oddities, of course, in the past, but the question arises: did the descendants of the royal dynasties inherit the specific inclinations of some of their ancestors? The new book of the popular writer Natalia Sotnikova will answer these amazing questions.