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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Amanda Foreman
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreSocial and cultural history
Biographies: Historical, Political and Military
British and Irish History
World history - c 1750 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780006550167
ClassificationsDewey:941.07092
Audience
General
Illustrations 32 b/w, 16 col plates (24pp), Index

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint HarperPerennial
Publication Date 1 June 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was one of the most flamboyant and influential women of the eighteenth century. The great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, she was variously a compulsive gambler, a political savante and operator of the highest order, a drug addict, an adulteress and the darling of the common people. This authoritative, utterly absorbing book presents a mesmerizing picture of a fascinating world of political and sexual intrigues, grand houses, huge parties, glamour and great wealth -- always on the edge of being squandered by the excesses and scandals of individuals.

Author Biography

Amanda Foreman is the daughter of Carl Foreman (director of High Noon, The Bridge On the River Kwai, Born Free). She was born in 1968, grew up on film sets and is now a research fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She has written for various publications, including the New York Times. This is her first book.

Reviews

'Mesmerizing' Antonia Fraser, Literary Review 'Well-written, extensively researched and highly readable... Gripping' Stella Tillyard, Mail on Sunday 'An outstanding debut by a young biographer fully in control of her sources, and with an easy and elegant writing style' Roy Strong, Sunday Times