relations with women

Offers a biography of Louis XIV that focuses on his relationships with women, discussing his mother, wives, mistresses, liaisons, and children.

Presents the memoirs of novelist Joyce Johnson during the beat generation of the 1950s and chronicles her stormy relationship with Jack Kerouac.

Explores the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings from the perspective of descendants of Thomas Woodson, the first-born son of the Jefferson-Hemings liaison, traces the genealogy of the Woodson family, and discusses their efforts to be recognized as relatives of the third U.S. president.

Illuminates the lives of the Mancini sisters, Marie and Hortense, who abandoned their arranged marriages and the court of Louis XIV of France to live lives on the run, winning the affections of kings and noblemen, spending their time gambling, disguising themselves as men, and publicly disputing the rights of their husbands over their lives.

A fictional account of the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright as seen through the experiences of the four women who loved him.

Chronicles the life of Sally Hemings, discussing her life as a slave, her connections to Thomas Jefferson, and the late-twentieth-century debate over her children's lineage.

Presents the more than 240 works from the collection of Leonard Andrews. These works center around one model, Helga Testorf, a neighbor in Chadds Ford, that Wyeth worked on in virtual secrecy for a a decade and a half.