TY - BOOK AU - Foreman,Amanda AU - Foreman,Amanda TI - The Duchess: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire SN - 9780007285754 (pbk.) : U1 - 941.07092 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Harper Perennial KW - Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, KW - Devonshire, William Cavendish, KW - Nobility KW - Great Britain N1 - Film tie-in; Originally published: as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. London: HarperCollins, 1998; Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-449) and index N2 - "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 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana's public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. ER -