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Title
The Duchess
The Duchess
Author
Amanda Foreman
Amanda Foreman
format
Paperback / softback
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Language
English
English
UK Publication Date
20080819
20080819
Description
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of
Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana
achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire,
one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of
fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time.
But Georgiana's public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction,
drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the
day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle
against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination
to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary
figure.
Praise for The Duchess
"Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman's dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was-passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman."-Simon Schama
"Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age."-The New York Times Book Review
"Riveting . . . marvelously diverting."-The New Yorker
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of
Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana
achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire,
one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of
fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time.
But Georgiana's public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction,
drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the
day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle
against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination
to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary
figure.
Praise for The Duchess
"Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman's dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was-passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman."-Simon Schama
"Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age."-The New York Times Book Review
"Riveting . . . marvelously diverting."-The New Yorker
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