![]() Everything, even in high power politics, does not always boil down to getting and keeping, at all cost, power. ![]() There is certainly some truth to the idea but these are individuals with very different reasons for both getting into the relationship initially (which is a factor in an accurate presentation of the White Queen concept) and for staying. What makes the book interesting has less to do with the weak theorizing and more to do with the retelling of the stories with some details which may be new to some readers (such as myself).As for the theorizing, the "White Queen" idea, I just found the theory stretched far too thin when Michaud tried to shoehorn each and every case into the theory. In Why They Stay Anne Michaud presents an interesting, if not wholly convincing, theory on why these prominent women have stayed with their adulterous politician husbands. ![]()
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