About this title: Sweeping and scandalous, rich and compellingly readable, here is the first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was without a doubt one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats of the Regency period. The second daughter of the prestigious Spencer family, Harriet was born into wealth and privilege. Intelligent, attractive, and exceedingly eager to please, at nineteen years of age she married Frederick, Viscount Duncannon, an aloof, distant relative. Unfortunately ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307381989ISBN:0307381986
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
Date Published: 2008-06-24
ISBN-13:9780307381989ISBN:0307381986
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307381989ISBN:0307381986
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780307381972ISBN:0307381978
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. . Hardcover. Crown, 2007. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780307381972ISBN:0307381978
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0307381978. New stated first u.S. edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in very fine condition. Protective mylar cover.; 1.6 x 9.8 x 6.5 Inches; The first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was without a doubt one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats of the Regency period. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307381989ISBN:0307381986
Description: Good. A good reading copy in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if available). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels. All items will be shipped by the close of the next business day. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307381989ISBN:0307381986
Description: New. A revealing portrait of one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious members of the Spencer family Intelligent, attractive, and born into wealth, Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Princess Diana, married Frederick, Viscount Duncannon, at the age... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishers, NY
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:0978030738197
Description: As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 419 pgs. Photo illustrated. "The remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana. " read more
"Very interesting read, fascinating life, but it is hard for me to like Harriet. It amazes me how selfish she was. She had numerous affairs and had two children by one of those men, who had to be given up, but that didn't stop her. She was heavily into gambling just like her sister and got into some serious debt along with her husband. Her husband was a strange man. He was so unobservant that he didn't even notice that she was pregnant with the two children that she had with another man. On the other hand, she was very kind to everyone, so she did have good qualities, but her life seems wasted to me. Too much scandal, just like the title of the book!"
"I found this book very entertaining, as well as informative about the lifestyle of the elite of that period. Harriett was a fascinating woman traveling in really interesting circles. I had little idea that women had an active role in politics at that time."
"The book was not as dry as most biographies tend to be, but it also wasn't quite as entertaining as a non-fiction book by Antonia Fraser. I liked it, but I wasn't loving it and was actually avoiding the book until I decided I would give up on it and find something more interesting."
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