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by Nigel Cawthorne (Author) "There can be no better place to begin our research than Hollywood, where so many distinguished celebrities arrived during the twentieth century to set up..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Prince of Wales, Gary Cooper (more...)
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Here are the notorious sex lives of history’s great and good, from film icons and rock stars to presidents, politicians, popes, and power–brokers.

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Prion’s internationally best–selling Sex Lives series presents lighthearted accounts of the sexual escapades of major figures in history, politics, religion, the arts, and the Silver Screen. Irreverent and gossipy, the books are packed with carnal tidbits and eye–opening revelations.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Prion; 2nd edition (September 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1853755486
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853755484
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #687,247 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There can be no better place to begin our research than Hollywood, where so many distinguished celebrities arrived during the twentieth century to set up home, earn millions of dollars in the film industry and turn this stretch of Californian countryside into a notorious and fascinating sexual playground. Read the first page
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New York, Prince of Wales, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, Aly Khan, Errol Flynn, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Anthony, Mata Hari, Ava Gardner, First World War, Jean Harlow, Sarah Bernhardt, Audrey Hepburn, Babe Ruth, Douglas Fairbanks, Harriette Wilson, James Dean, King Louis
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5.0 out of 5 stars Big man, big prick; small man, all prick, August 22, 2005
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This book is surely an amalgam of facts and gossip. It has no references and no index. It shows already spelling faults in the names. So, it is not recommendable as a prime source of information for serious scholars.

Nevertheless, its overall picture exposes one clear message: the blatant hypocrisy of the powerful, be they popes, emperors, tsars, kings, queens, princes, Khedives, Shahs, politicians or noblemen. Their maxim is 'Do as I say, not as I do.'
Those who became rich (merchants, movie stars, artists) emulated them (T. Veblen).
It proves mightily that 'power equals women'.

On the other hand, some 'famous' names figuring in thus book are clearly 'victims' of this double standard hypocrisy: child prostitutes, courtesans, members of the demi-monde or findings of the casting couch.

As L. Betzig said in her magisterial book 'Despotism and Differential Reproduction': 'All end of human life is its reproduction, and positions of strenght are exploited to this end.'

This 'shocking' book is a powerful exposé.
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