Ergebnis für "Sex" in Historisch

A power-hungry baroness with two lovers disrupts life on an Eden-like island in the Galápagos, and an isolated community descends into madness and murder—a true story of utopia gone wrong from New York Times bestselling author Abbott Kahler. “Abbott Kahler’s wickedly gothic tale confronts...

Biographers, journalists, and satirists have long used the subject of sex to define the masculine character and political authority of America's Founding Fathers. Tracing these commentaries on the Revolutionary Era's major political figures in Sex and the Founding Fathers, Thomas Foster shows how continual attempts to reveal the true character of these men instead exposes much more about Americans and American culture than about the Founders themselves.

Sex. If there was one thing the Tudors did well, it was sex! Sex and beheading traitors; although rarely at the same time. With well over one hundred years on the throne, the Tudor dynasty experienced its fair share of sex scandals. This book looks at some of the more interesting and significant ones and explores the issues around them in a fun, non-heavy way.

A “captivating portrait” (The Wall Street Journal), both “poignant and intriguing” (The New Republic): from award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous residential hotel and the women who stayed there, including Grace Kelly, Sylvia Plath...

"Wenn ein Mensch als Synonym für Lust und Liebe gilt, dann ist es wohl der italienische Diplomat, Priester, Schriftsteller und vor allem Liebhaber Giacomo Casanova. In den Städten, in denen er Station machte, gelang es ihm stets, in den feinsten Kreisen zu "verkehren". Wegen seiner umfassenden Bildung war er gern gesehener Gast in Königs- und Fürstenhäusern. Doch Casanova machte sich nicht nur Freunde: So war er unter anderem dem Staatsinquisitor Antonio Condulmer ein Dorn im Auge.