Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
by Foreman, Amanda
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375502947
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502941
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1999. First U.S. Edition - Second Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/Fine. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2. 454 Pages Indexed. Book is in brand new condition. Dust jacket spine is slightly faded. No other defects noted and interior text pages are near flawless. This biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader. 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, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office. Her good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was fraught with suffering. The Duke of Devonshire was unimpressed by his wife's legendary charms, preferring instead those of her closest friend, a woman with whom Georgiana herself was rumored to be on intimate terms. For over twenty years, the three lived together in a jealous and uneasy ménage à trois, during which time both women bore the Duke's children--as well as those of other men. Foreman's descriptions of Georgiana's uncontrollable gambling, all- night drinking, drug taking, and love affairs with the leading politicians of the day give us fascinating insight into the lives of the British aristocracy in the era of the madness of King George III, the American and French revolutions, and the defeat of Napoleon. The Spencer Family Tree is on the front endpaper and the Cavendish Family Tree is on the back endpaper.
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- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
- Author
- Foreman, Amanda
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition - Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375502947
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502941
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 6 1/2" X 9 1/2
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY HISTORY BRITISH ROYALTY
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