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The Grimaldis of Monaco : the centuries of scandal--the years of Grace by Edwards, Anne, 1927- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The Grimaldis of Monaco tells in full, for the first time, the remarkable history of the world's oldest reigning dynasty. For nearly eight hundred years, from the elegant Genoese Rainier I to the current Rainier III, the Grimaldis - "an ambitious, hot-blood unscrupulous race, swift to revenge and furious in battle" - have ruled Monaco. Against all odds, they have proved themselves masterful survivors, still in possession of their lands and titles despite the upheavals of the French Revolution and the First and Second World Wars, when royal heads rolled and most small countries met their demise. With insufficient weaponry and military forces far too small to go into combat against their more powerful neighbors, France and Italy, the Grimaldis endured by their cunning and their shrewd choice of brides - rich women with high connections in the most influential courts of Europe and, often, strong sexual appetites. The French nobleman's daughter who married Louis I later became the mistress of France's Louis XIV. Her son, Antoine I, was wed to an aristocratic wife who outdid her mother-in-law by having so many lovers her husband took to hanging them in effigy. The seafaring adventurer P
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Edwards, Anne, 1927-
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780688088378
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
- Rating
- 3.52 / 5 (25 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14