Love conquers nothing: a glandular history of civilization

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Foreword -- Preface -- Unhappy Helen, Helen of Troy -- The warm voice, Sappho -- Very unpleasant characters, Cleopatra -- Henry the inevitable, Henry VIII -- The warrior queen, Nzinga -- Bride by proxy, Marie Françoise -- The Königsmarks: Karl Johann, Philipp Christoph -- The bearded Demoiselle, D'Eon -- The innocent Admiral, Nelson -- Two ladies of Calcutta: Pearls and Kittens, Marian Hastings; The Princess, Madame Talleyrand -- The business, Lady Flora Hastings -- Summing it up.;If you look at history through Emily Hahn & rsquo;s jaundiced eyes, you & rsquo;ll realize that romance just ain & rsquo;t what romantics crack it up to be. Using such notorious affairs as those of Caesar and Cleopatra or Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Hahn reminds us that love is far less of a factor in the fates of nations than greed, wrath, and some of humanity & rsquo;s other, less attractive character traits. Love doesn & rsquo;t conquer all; it just screws a lot of things up. Foreword -- Preface -- Unhappy Helen, Helen of Troy -- The warm voice, Sappho -- Very unpleasant characters, Cleopatra -- Henry the inevitable, Henry VIII -- The warrior queen, Nzinga -- Bride by proxy, Marie Françoise -- The Königsmarks: Karl Johann, Philipp Christoph -- The bearded Demoiselle, D'Eon -- The innocent Admiral, Nelson -- Two ladies of Calcutta: Pearls and Kittens, Marian Hastings The Princess, Madame Talleyrand -- The business, Lady Flora Hastings -- Summing it up.