Love and Power. Kings, Prime Ministers, Presidents

«Love wounds even the gods», — said the Roman poet Petronius. His contemporaries considered him a prophet. Moreover, Petronius knew a thing or two about love: when Emperor Nero sentenced him to death, his wife and mistress committed suicide following him. Even the powerful of this world are subject to love: those about whom it is said that they have a romance with power, yet they also shared their lives with women.

Readers will encounter love stories of 20th-century politicians. These include Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Chotek, Woodrow Wilson and Edith Galt, Winston Churchill and Clementine Hozier, Carol II and Elena Lupescu, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky.