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Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was ...Show synopsisSex, 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.Hide synopsis
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire (Random House (NY)) – Hardcover (1999)
by
Amanda Foreman
Hardcover, Random House (NY) 1999
English
Us ed.
480 pages
ISBN: 0375502947 ISBN-13: 9780375502941
This year's Whitbread Prize-winning biography presents a rich evocation of 18th-century London, revolving around Lady Georgiana Spencer, the great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. 16 pages of photos.This year's Whitbread Prize-winning biography presents a rich evocation of 18th-century London, revolving around Lady Georgiana Spencer, the great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. 16 pages of photos.Hide
Description:Book shows a small amount of wear-very good condition! Selection...Book shows a small amount of wear-very good condition! Selection as wide as the Mississippi.
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A great historical reading of the life of the duchess of devonshire. extremely accurate, insightful and full of well researched detail.
My only problem with it is that it is a bit dry and dense at times as the detail is complete. This makes it more historical and just a bit less entertaining.
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