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Book Review of Mad Kings & Queens: History's Most Famous Raving Royals

Mad Kings & Queens: History's Most Famous Raving Royals
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"Mad Kings and Queens" refers to 40 monarchs of Europe deemd insane by their countrymen. The book offers glimpses of the circumstances which caused or aggravated these people's descents into cruelty, melancholy, and madness.