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"Herman delivers the dish on royal concubines" – People Magazine
So many reviews have already come in, take a look at all the great things being said...
"Herman's history is a 500-year feast, in which every dish is lovingly glazed and garnished, and the juice postively glistens – as it should with every good bit of gossip."
– The Weekend Australian
"Open Sex with Kings at almost any page, and you'll find yourself immersed in a bawdy, deliciously appealing illicit scene occurring in the highest places. In her first book, Herman has written an enlightening social history that is great fun to read."
New York Times Book Review
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"Sex with Kings is an impressive contribution to the 'hidden history' of the ruling families of Europe... In addition, it's hugely entertaining!"
Book of the Month Club
Publisher's Weekly editors' pick for July...
"A lot more fun than Danielle Steel or Dan Brown"
   – Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
"Herman has the ability to blend meticulous research with an enjoyable writing style that makes the book impossible to put down. Sex with Kings may well become the definitive work on this subject."
Military Book Club
"Herman's spirited history of royal "mistresshood" is certainly a catchy read...History made as buoyant as fiction."
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– Janet Maslin, New York Times

" An irresistible book... Deliciously bawdy, outrageously entertaining...Herman's writing sparkles off the pages."
The Boston Globe
"Sex with Kings is an absolutely unputdownable romp through the sex lives of men who inherited the throngs of Europe over the last 500 years... Herman's sparkling writing and evident enthusiasm make her a modern-day Scheherezade."
   – Georgie Lewis, Powells.com
A starred review from Kirkus Reviews...
"The non-fiction book of this summer."
The Baltimore Sun
An "addictively good dish."
Entertainment Weekly
"Written with a light touch and an eye for melodrama, Sex with Kings is entertaining, racy and informative."
The Age, Melbourne, Australia's leading paper
"Herman has given us an immensely fun book about an old subject, and that's something you don't see every day."
Denver Rocky Mountain News: Grade A
 
And more reviews from the book's German release:
A review from the Amazon Germany's Official Reviewer...
A review from Buchreport Magazine...
A review from the Bonn General Anzeiger daily newspaper...