Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238).

If you have been replaced by a surprising choice, read about Nero and Poppaea -- If you are accomplished and independent and fierce, read about Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II -- If your family didn't like your ex and thought you could do better, read about Lucrezia Borgia and Giovanni Sforza -- If you have ever made the same mistake twice, read about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard -- If you have started snickering at happy couples on the street, read about Anna Ivanovna -- If you believe in ghosts, read about Timothy Dexter -- If you have just sent your ex a very intense emotional e-mail, read about Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron -- If there were body image issues, read about John Ruskin and Effie Gray -- If it was just a sad affair, read about Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas -- If you were dumped, read about Edith Wharton and Morton Fullerton -- If you are struggling to find anyone as good as your ex, read about Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler -- If you deserve an apology, read about Norman Mailer and Adele Morales Mailer -- If you want to believe it will all work out for the best in the end, read about Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor..