Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
By: Amanda Foreman.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
Subjects: Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806; Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811 -- Marriage; Women politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Biography; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820
Genres: Biography.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-449) and index.
Geneal. tables on lining papers.