Fateful Crown. Love Between the Crown and the Block

This book is about power and personal freedom, and the impossibility of reconciling the two in a short human life. How much freedom does power provide? Can a person endowed with it love and be loved? Can someone at the top of the social pyramid feel secure? As the great Petrarch once said, «to seek power for peace and security is like climbing a volcano to hide from a storm». And yet, the thirst for power can sometimes be stronger than the fear of death. And this passion sometimes consumes women just as it does men.