Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Type

Book

Authors

Amanda Foreman

ISBN 13

9780006550167

Tags

Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806 | Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811 -- Marriage, Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography, Women politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820, Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Biography, Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century

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. - from Amzon

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