Rachel S. (rspolitico) reviewed on 4/16/2012 + 10 more book reviews

This book focuses on a handful of mistresses and speaks about each one of them throughout their lives. Rather than tell you a lady's entire story from start to finish, the author introduces you to all of the ladies in the first chapter, talks about their looks in another, how they had children in yet another, their rivalries, their husbands and their deaths all in separate chapters. Each woman story is told by topic, so if you can't keep stories, straight, well, flip back some pages!

It's really sad what men and women will do for a chest full of coins. This book tells their stories.

I bought this at Barnes & Noble in Alexandria, VA on a business trip, and I'm nearly finished after reading off and on for about 10 days. It's frankly one of the better books I've read in awhile!

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