06 January 2010

New Giveaway: Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll


As part of the Historical Fiction Round Table event we have going on this week, I've got 1 copy of Leslie Carroll's Notorious Royal Marriages to give to one lucky winner!!!

Giveaway is open to US residents ONLY and ends on January 22nd.

To enter please leave a comment with your email.  That's it!  Easy peasy! 

SYNOPSIS:  A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty 900-year history of the royal marriages of Europe's most famous-and infamous-monarchs.

Since time immemorial, royal marriages have had little to do with love- and almost everything to do with diplomacy and dynasty. Clashing personalities have joined in unholy matrimony to form such infamous couples as Russia's Peter II and Catherine the Great, and France's Henri II and Catherine de Medici-all with the purpose of begetting a male heir. But with tensions high and silverware flying, kings like England's Henry II have fled to the beds of their nubile mistresses, while queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine have plotted their revenge...

Full of the juicy gossip and bad behavior that characterized Royal Affairs, this book chronicles the love-hate marriages of the crowned heads of Europe-from the Angevins to Charles and Di-and ponders how dynasties ever survived at all.

GOOD LUCK ALL!!!









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95 lovely comments:

Robinbird said...

Oh me! Me! Pick me! Was so disappointed when I went to buy this yesterday and the bookstore didn't have it!

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Wendy said...

I read Royal Affairs over the holiday break and loved it! I'm looking forward to reading Leslie's latest work!

Thank you for the entry!

Wendy
wendysfictionaddiction(at)gmail(dot)com

Jennifer said...

This book sounds like it will make for delightful reading. Thank you for the chance.

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Ash said...

Oooo enter me!

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nomadreader said...

Sounds wonderful!

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Akila said...

Ooh, this is one book giveaway I can't pass up!

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Ann said...

Sounds like a fun read. I'd be happy to win a copy

Christy said...

Sounds like a fun book. Count me in!

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Liz said...

amy!!! i have been looking for an interesting book to get me back into historical reading. this could be it!!! pick me, pick me!!!!!!
dr. o ;)

teabird said...

Oh, this one sounds delicious! Please please!

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Lacey said...

I would like a good historical book and this one sounds like the one!!

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Holly said...

This looks great. Count me in.

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Lori said...

This book looks like a lot of fun. Please enter me!

Thanks, Amy and Leslie, for the chance.

~ Lori
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Neas Nuttiness said...

Oh how I love easy peasy entries:-)

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NurseExec said...

Oh, I so would love to win this one! Thanks for the contest.

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debbiejackson said...

I'd love to be able to read this. Sounds great! jacksond@nhr3.net

gahome2mom said...

Happy New Year!

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A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

I would love to read this one! Thanks for the giveaway.

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Alyce said...

I would love to be entered!

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Kristen said...

The book sounds nice and juicy, just up my alley :o) I'd love to win!!

zquilts said...

Now this is a book Iwould love to read!
Thanks for another great opportunity! Marie
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Alexandra said...

thanks for offering so many giveaways!

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Mary said...

This sounds wonderful!! Please enter my name in the giveaway, thanks!

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Linda said...

I enjoyed the author's guest post about Catherine and Henri and Diane. It's really whetted by appetite for this book. Thanks for the giveaway.

CelticLady said...

Please include me too!!!

Thanks AMy!!

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Bella said...

This is sooo nice, I hope to win this giveaway! Thanks Amy and Leslie!

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~Bella

Linda said...

Shame on me - I love royal gossip!
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mindy said...

this looks fascinating thanks minsthins at optonline dot net

Pricilla said...

Oh hooray!
Please enter me.
thank you
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kathy55439 said...

LOOKS LIKE A GREAT READ.....

Judy said...

Fantastic!! This is going to be a great read. I love reading about all the history.

Please enter me!!

Judy (magnolias_1@msn.com)

Raspberry said...

Thanks - what a fun giveaway.
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justpeachy36 said...

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Please enter me in the giveaway.

RachieG said...

This book looks fabulous and I've read great things! Count me in!

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Pamela said...

Cool!

Pam
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Lyoness2009 said...

Wow! Would love to win this one!

Happy 2010!

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Jennifer said...

This sounds like a great book, I am definitely adding it to my TBR list!

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My Eclectic Reads said...

Dying to read this! Please enter me!

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Victoria said...

This sounds like so much fun! Count me in. utgal2004[at]yahoo[dot]com

thetruebookaddict said...

I am dying to read this! The more I hear about it, the more excited I get!

Thanks for the giveaway =O)

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Bonnie M. said...

This book looks like fun.

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Susan Flanders, Writer of Queens said...

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE----Did I say love-----to win this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pancak said...

Ooh, royal gossip/trash book...love it!

Theresa N. said...

A little royalty to entertain me! :) I'd love to read who made the cut!
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xxsquigglesxx said...

Please enter me!

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amanda18228 said...

I would love to win this book!
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Allie O said...

I would loove a copy.. still haven't ventured to non-fiction yet, but this one looks like a fun start!

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Tracey said...

I'm very interested in this subject. I'd pass the book to my daughter after I read it.
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Jen (Devourer of Books) said...

I've been wanting to read this, so I'd love to win it!

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Elizabeth said...

I love these kinds of non-fiction books. You can read a little and put it down and pick it up a couple of days later. Pick me, please!!

Deedles said...

This sounds like a fun read. I would love to be entered.
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Susan Flanders, Writer of Queens said...

Incase you hadn't noticed, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this royal book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

LittleEagle said...

This sounds delightful. Thank you for the giveaway.

jemscout425 said...

i looooove this kind of stuff. count me in!
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Muse in the Fog said...

Please enter me too! :)

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Thanks!

wisteria said...

I would love to win this one.

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Emily said...

I have read all of the Dark Queen series and LOVED it! I would love to read some of Leslie Carroll's non-fiction!

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Rachel said...

Thanks for the giveaway!!


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WineCountryWife said...

I would love to be entered!!
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librarypat said...

I just ordered ROYAL AFFAIRS and can't wait to get it. This will be on my To Buy List.
Why shouldn't history be fun?

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Megan said...

This sounds like an amazing book!

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Maxine said...

I'd love to win this! Pick me! Pick me!

Maxine
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bison61 said...

this sounds like such a fun read-hope I win

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Jasmyn said...

Please enter me.

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Bekah said...

Ooh that would be so fun!
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~*Ruby*~ said...

Please include me in your giveaway

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librarypat said...

My copy of ROYAL AFFAIRS arrived yesterday and I can't wait to start it. NOTORIOUS ROYAL MARRIAGES is next on my list. I hear she is writing a book on the royal children. That should be interesting.
Leslie, good luck with the release.

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O. said...

Sounds like an interesting read! olgabjones[at]yahoo.com

Nicole said...

I would love to read this book!!

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ellie said...

Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Aly said...

OO!!! This sounds awesome!!!! I love this author!

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Taminator said...

Sounds really good! I'd love to enter!

Tammy

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1993wel said...

This looks like a really fun read!

Meenoo said...

I would be so happy to win this!
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Laura said...

This book sounds like it's right up my alley - plus, it will be perfect for two of my reading challenges this year!

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Terry said...

I thoroughly enjoyed Royal Affairs. I would love to own this next book by Leslie Carroll. Thanks for hosting this giveaway.

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Roberta said...

oh how simply delicious :}
would so love to take this on a weekend getaway with my DH...lol
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Austengal86 said...

Pick meeee!! I love history, romance novels, and the history of the institution of marriage; I am currently studying patriarchal and matriarchal societies and the shifts in views of women over time in powerful/royal families and this book would be a great resource and of interest to me. Thanks and happy reading everyone!!
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Sue said...

Thanks for the giveaway. Looks so good!!

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Cheryl Anderson Brown said...

Please please please please please pick me please.

Madison Phillips-Nagy said...

Please pick me. sidhe73@yahoo.com

Chèli said...

Enter me please
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Chèli
Cheli's Shelves

Rebecca Graham said...

I love to read historial fiction.

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Nona said...

I love these types of books. history with a good dose of laughs!

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Benita said...

Now this is a book I'd love to read. Thanks for the possibility.

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Annette said...

Yes, I would love to win a copy!
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etirv said...

Please count me in!

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Michele said...

Just found your blog and had to subscribe! It's a great blog!

Please enter me!

Thanks!

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enyl said...

I look forward to adding this to my classroom library.
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Mrs. Duff said...

What a fun book! Thanks for sharing!
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Ladytink_534 said...

This sounds really neat! I'd love to be entered.

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CherylS22 said...

This looks really interesting - please count me in!
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J.T. Oldfield said...

Please enter me!

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