Sex With Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House
Written by Eleanor Herman
Narrated by Emily Rankin
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
In this fascinating work of popular history, the New York Times bestselling author of Sex with Kings and The Royal Art of Poison uncovers the bedroom secrets of American presidents and explores the surprising ways voters have reacted to their leaders’ sex scandals.
While Americans have a reputation for being strait-laced, many of the nation’s leaders have been anything but puritanical. Alexander Hamilton had a steamy affair with a blackmailing prostitute. John F. Kennedy swam nude with female staff in the White House swimming pool. Is it possible the qualities needed to run for president—narcissism, a thirst for power, a desire for importance—go hand in hand with a tendency to sexual misdoing?
In this entertaining and eye-opening book, Eleanor Herman revisits some of the sex scandals that have rocked the nation's capital and shocked the public, while asking the provocative questions: does rampant adultery show a lack of character or the stamina needed to run the country? Or perhaps both? While Americans have judged their leaders' affairs harshly compared to other nations, did they mostly just hate being lied to? And do they now clearly care more about issues other than a politician’s sex life?
What is sex like with the most powerful man in the world? Is it better than with your average Joe? And when America finally elects a female president, will she, too, have sexual escapades in the Oval Office?
Eleanor Herman
Eleanor Herman is the New York Times bestselling author of Sex with Kings, Sex with the Queen, and several other works of popular history. She has hosted Lost Worlds for The History Channel, The Madness of Henry VIII for the National Geographic Channel, and is now filming her second season of America: Fact vs. Fiction for The American Heroes Channel.
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Reviews for Sex With Presidents
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An enjoyable and interesting read. Depressing how terribly some of the Presidents treated the women. And that has not improved in modern times.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I've heard a few of these stories but never fully in detail like she does in this book. It's seriously amazing and I think everyone would enjoy this book, not just political junkies like myself.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a breezily written book recounting the sexual peccadilloes of presidents from Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump. It's hard to know how much of what she writes is true because there are no footnotes and just a sketchy bibliography. However, who doesn't like a good gossipy read? And this certainly fits the bill.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Glad I didn't have to pay for this book. Does that tell you enough?Well-written yes, and Eleanor Herman let a few witty zingers fly.....but overall it was disillusioning for me. I felt somewhat like a voyeur peaking in on the indiscretions of politicians /presidents since the birth of this country. Good lord it boils down to long-suffering wives living with men who just can't keep there pants on...THE END.