Reinas infieles : 12 mujeres que se rebelaron contra un destino implacable

They were married off as mere teenagers to homosexual, cruel, mad, or weak princes. Beneath the velvet and silks of sumptuous gowns lay much pain, outrage, and humiliation; yet, they fulfilled their "duty": to provide an heir to the Crown. But not their duty of eternal fidelity. And they paid for it. Throughout the centuries, love and sex have not always gone hand in hand in royal houses. While kings strolled through the court with their favorites, queens were used as bargaining chips to further royal interests. Some resigned themselves to living with the king's infidelities; others resisted. "Unfaithful Queens" focuses on the latter and presents, with a compelling hand, the most intimate portraits of twelve women who transgressed the moral boundaries of their time and asserted their right to desire or revenge. Urraca I of León, Margaret of Valois, Mary of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Isabella II of Spain, Catherine the Great or the dolce Paola are some of the queens who parade through these pages, stripped of anachronistic judgments and evaluations, with their crowns held high.