Love Affairs of State

A fascinating collection of extensively researched facts and true stories, "Love Affairs of State" is a shocking, amazing, and often hilarious look into the secret loves and illicit sex lives of all the American Presidents. Illustrated with numerous rare and fascinating photographs, this very surprising study of the hidden erotic White House is receiving rave reviews from the critics: "It's all about sex and the single most important office in the land. We loved it!" - New York Newsday "Written as a history with the zesty pen-work of a gossip guru." - The Washington Post "History class was never like this. Now we know where Washington REALLY slept." - New York Daily News "Sullivan comes up with fascinating new facts and details." - New York Newsday As surprising and shocking as most of these stories are, each and every one is true and carefully verified as fact. Writing with both sympathy and sharp wit, the author guides the reader on a delightfully amusing and fascinating tour of every sexual square inch of the White House from attic to basement. Secrets held sacred for years are finally revealed, and at last the fully human passions of the United States national leaders and their families are laid bare. The office of the American President has long been the most powerful piece of real estate in the world, and it has naturally translated this unrivaled political power into an equally powerful personal aphrodisiac for sexual passion and romantic love. This thrilling zig-zagging path from present to past and back and forth again and again will entrance and stun readers as they encounter one jaw-dropping sexual secret after another. Just when it seems there couldn't be anything else that could top the titillating revelation that has just been told, another even greater surprise waits lustfully around the next corner. By the end of the book all of these questions will have been explicitly answered:Which President was often referred to as a modern Paragon of Promiscuity? (along with JFK)Which President was an unhappily married homosexual?Which First Lady conducted Lesbian affairs while in the White House?Which President's asexuality earned him the private nickname "The Mad Monk" ?Which greatly esteemed President only preferred mistresses from non-White races? Which President's extra-marital affairs finally led to a crisis in US national security?And which First Lady has been seriously suspected of eventually murdering her unfaithful husband?And this is just the tip of the passionate White House iceberg. The AUTHOR, Michael John Sullivan, is a finely trained historian who has always relished the personal and hidden private side of American History. He is the celebrated and highly praised recipient of several award and reviews for his bestselling books. Beginning his career as a journalist, Sullivan wrote feature stories for national magazines and progressed to superbly researching his acclaimed non-fiction book for Random House, "A Fatal Passion," which won the national critics award as the best biography of the year. Dividing him time between residences in California and British Columbia, Mr. Sullivan has a graduate degree in modern history and enjoys the study of art, literature, music, and motion pictures.