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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.
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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Amanda Foreman
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Amanda Foreman
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0583347576
- ISBN13
- 9780583347570
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, Historical Fiction, Autobiographies & Memoirs, British Literature, 18th century
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- 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.