Sex with the Queen 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics by Eleanor Herman ISBN: 0060846739 $25.95 Hardcover William Morrow & Company Pub Date: April In this follow-up to her bestselling Sex with Kings, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what goes on behind the closed door of the queen's boudoir. Impeccably researched, filled with page-turning romance, passion, and scandal, Sex with the Queen explores the scintillating sexual lives of some of our most beloved and infamous female rulers, including the notorious Catherine the Great, the passionately foolish Marie Antoinette, the destructively willful Tsarina Alexandra, and the bastion of virtue, Queen Victoria--the mother of nine children. Some queens had numerous lovers; others seldom strayed, but all were full-blooded women who lived--and loved--under intense public scrutiny. A delicious peek through private royal keyholes, Sex with the Queen is an irresistible, fascinating read as entertaining as it is informative. It offers astonishing insights into an overlooked aspect of history. Sex with the Kings was a New York Times extended list paperback bestseller.