Great seductresses - the Marquise de Pompadour, Countess von Platen, Lady Hamilton... The power of these brilliant women over the most powerful European monarchs brought them wide fame, although neither the royal favorites nor their high patrons were interested in divulging love secrets. The historical short stories from which this book is compiled tell in a vivid, fascinating form what happened behind the impregnable palace walls in London and Paris, Florence and St. Petersburg and at all times was carefully hidden from the eyes and ears of people