"We live in scandalous times. Every day some new controversy demands our attention, our emotional investment, and ultimately our judgment. The transgressive nature of these scandals leads many to understand them in revelatory terms: as offering a tantalising glimpse of what real…
"We live in scandalous times. Every day some new controversy demands our attention, our emotional investment, and ultimately our judgment. The transgressive nature of these scandals leads many to understand them in revelatory terms: as offering a tantalising glimpse of what real…
This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776. Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, the duchess's state trial for…
A collection of biographical sketches of 100 of the most evil and amoral individuals in world history.
When it comes to bastards, you can't beat the good old days of the Egyptian pharaohs, the Roman Empire, or Europe during the Dark Ages. The bastards of old abound--and they come in every color, creed, gender, and sexual preference. From the cross-dressing emperor Elagabalus of R…
Zoe isn't the intellectual type, which is why she doesn't recognize world-famous author Thomas Rocher when she stumbles into his apartment ... and into his life. It's also why she doesn't know that Rocher is supposed to be dead. Rocher faked his death years ago to escape his cri…
Newly widowed, Leah George, determined to flaunt her independence even if that means being ostracized by society, hosts a party that is guaranteed to destroy her reputation--as well as the reputation of the Earl of Wriothesly--the husband of her late husband's mistress.
"With the scandalous nature of her birth to live down, Isabella Fairmont dreams of a proper marriage--even if a passionless one. She saves her deepest desires for the novel she dares to pen, wherein a handsome lord with dark powers seduces her. But then her courtship with an app…
"With the scandalous nature of her birth to live down, Isabella Fairmont dreams of a proper marriage--even if a passionless one. She saves her deepest desires for the novel she dares to pen, wherein a handsome lord with dark powers seduces her. But then her courtship with an app…
A landmark publication of the literary master's unfinished final work is a fragmented draft as hand-written on 138 index cards that were originally requested for destruction and have been released by his son, in a volume that features removable facsimile reproductions.