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Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal, 1789–1900

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In latest years, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and countless other politicians have made headlines for their sexual scandals. But such stories don’t seem to be new. Indeed, there is a long history of misbehavior in politics, including in the nation’s highest office. Bill Clinton, it can safely be said, was once not the first president to misbehave, nor was once he the worst.

In fact, there is a long history of presidential peccadilloes. Many presidents have been influenced and had their careers affected by the hand of a woman, from time to time that of a wife or mother, but at other times that of a mistress. But these stories are rarely told. Instead, history has tended to glorify our leaders. The sort of scrubbed version of the lives of presidents, alternatively, omits their marital woes, love lives, and sexual peccadilloes. As Robert P. Watson reveals, it is precisely these intimate and all-too-human moments that provide one of the most most valuable insights into our leaders.

Affairs of State is not just about sex and scandal—the “who did it” of history—despite the fact that such incidents are described in detail. This can be a book about love, marriage, and affairs in the White House, offering an intimate character study of the First Couples who made history.

To see the creator discuss his book on Inside South Florida, please click here. To see him discuss the book on C-SPAN, please click here.

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