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“The most remarkable lover of his time,” Gabriele D’Annunzio

“Genius” and ladies’ man Aldous Huxley

Elizabethan “darling,” Sir Walter Raleigh

“Golden Tiger,” Prince Grigory Potemkin

Pianist and heartthrob Franz Liszt, who ignited a “Lisztmania” throughout nineteenth-century Europe

French romantic writer and “enchanter” François-René Chateaubriand

“Great lover” Carl Jung

Charmer, author, and casanova, Roald Dahl

Rock star “Mick the Magic Jagger”

Warren Beatty in high seduction mode

Woman slayer and American author Jack London flaunting his body beautiful

Actor David Niven laughing a conquest into bed

The indecently magnetic French actor Gérard Depardieu

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Prioleau, Elizabeth Stevens, 1942–

Swoon : great seducers and why women love them / Betsy Prioleau. — First Edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-393-06837-5 (hbk.)

ISBN 978-0-393-08991-2 (ebook)

1. Interpersonal communication in men. 2. Charisma (Personality trait) 3. Man–woman relationships. 4. Men—Psychology. I. Title.

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