A passion for government
Subtitle: the life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
By: Frances Harris.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744; Favorites, Royal -- Great Britain -- Biography; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714 -- Biography; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1760; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: A scholarly biography of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. She was the favourite of Queen Anne, the devoted wife and political associate of her most powerful subject, the passionate ally or bitter enemy of leading figures of her day and in her widowhood the head of one of England's great families.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [404]-411) and index.