royal travel, dangers of
Saint-Simon, duc de
Saltikov, Sergei
Sarah, duchess of York
Savonarola
Schulenburg, Melusina von
Settelen, Peter
Seven Years’ War
Seymour brothers
Shuvalov, Ivan
Simanovich, Aron
Simpson, Wallis Warfield
Skavronskaya, Martha; see also Catherine I
Skourin, Vasily
Smeaton, Mark
Smith, Sir Sidney
Sophia, duchess of Hanover
Sophia, Princess
Sophia Dorothea, princess of Hanover
in Ahlden prison
arrest of
death and burial of
divorce of
and George Louis
and Königsmark
letters of
Sophia Dorothea, queen of Prussia
Sophia Magdalena, Princess
Sophie, empress of Russia
Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, Princess; see also Catherine the Great
Soubise, princesse de
Spencer, Charles, Earl
Spiridovich, Alexander
Stanislaus, king of Poland
Stirbey, Barbo
Struensee, Johann von
Sully, duc de
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de
Therese, queen of Bavaria
ThroneOut
Tilly, Alexandre de
Toselli, Enrico
Tudo, Josephina
Twain, Mark
Urraca, queen of Castile and Leon
Vasilchikov, Alexander
Vermont, lover of Margot de Valois
Victoire, duchess of Kent
Victoria, queen of England:
and Albert
descendants of
and her mother
and Mr. Brown
Villiers, George
Virgin Mary
Voltaire
Vorontsova, Elizabeth
Waterhouse, David
Weston, Sir Francis
Whalley, Christopher
Wilhelm, kaiser of Germany
Wilhelmina, Princess
William of Tyre
Wolfenbüttel, Duke Anton Ulrich von (father)
Wolfenbüttel, duke of (son)
Wraxall, Nathaniel
Yermalov, Alexis
Yoritz, Peter
Yusupov, Prince Felix
Yusupov, Princess Irina
Zavadovsky, Peter
Zubov, Plato
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Putting a first book out there for the world to read is like standing on a podium naked and asking people to judge you, body and soul. This is because each book is a clear reflection of its author, her personality, her thoughts and experiences, her way of looking at the world. Judgment, therefore, will not only be about her writing, but about… her soul!
It is extremely frightening to take that step up to the podium, utterly exposed; the least bit of jiggle, cellulite, or sagging clearly visible to potentially cruel judges.
It is also an exhilarating experience when the judges agree the results are pretty good, and any minor jiggle can be forgiven. To a first-time author, this means not only that she did the right thing giving up her day job to write books, but also removes any lingering doubt in her mind as to whether she is a good human being worthy of inhaling air on this planet.
To all those who supported me in the roller-coaster ride of bringing out Sex with Kings while simultaneously working on Sex with the Queen, I thank you most heartily. On the personal side, this is my amazingly patient husband, Michael Dyment; my encouraging sister, Christine Merrill; and my supportive father, Walter Herman. I would also like to thank my friends Kitty Jensen and Steve Ledebur, who attended so many Sex with Kings book events with an entourage dressed in full Renaissance costume. The ladies-in-waiting on my European book tour—my friends Leslie Harris of Noblesse Oblige costumes, and Lorraine Nordlinger— deserve special gratitude for wearing those tight corsets.
On the professional side I have been extremely fortunate to work with amazing women on both sides of the Atlantic. My editors Angelika Schwartz and Karin Herber-Schlapp at Fischer Verlag in Frankfurt, Germany, and my agent Barbara Perlmutter in New York, have been an absolute delight.
The ongoing laughter I have shared with my contacts at William Morrow has never reduced the high level of professionalism of our work. Many thanks are due to my editor Lucia Macro; her assistant, Kelly Harms; and my thick-skinned, hardworking publicists, Dee Dee Di Bartolo and Shannon Valcich.
About the Author
Named after Eleanor of Aquitaine, her grandmother twenty-eight times removed, ELEANOR HERMAN is related to most of the royal families of Europe. An accomplished lecturer and TV and radio commentator on royal issues, Herman lives in McLean, Virginia.
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