The Scandalous Life of King Carol cover

The Scandalous Life of King Carol

by Barbara Cartland

The feverish blood of Czars and Kings ran in his veins, and it was hotter than anyone suspected. As a child, he adored his beautiful, vivacious mother. But in his teens he heard gossip of her amorous intrigue and in rage he flung himself away from her. He was starved for the security of love until he met the adorable Zizi, a beuatiful commoner whom he married in secret. Yet even before their child was born, his love for Zizi grew cold and his excesses and escapades were the wonder of Europe. He married a Greek Princess who thought her heart was on fire, but there was to be only one real love for King Carol - titian-haired Helena Lupescu. King Carol's timultuous years with Helena, his abdications, his melodramatic flight from his country, were a royal sensation in 20th century Europe.

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