The Duchess : Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Amanda Foreman.

By:

Foreman, Amanda

Contributor(s):

Foreman, Amanda

Publication details: London : Harper Perennial, 2008.Description: xvi, 463 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780007285754 (pbk.) :
0007285752 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

941.07092

Summary: "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.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Ferriman information and Library Service (North Middlesex) General non-fiction	DA 522.D5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MX561323869

Film tie-in.

Originally published: as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. London: HarperCollins, 1998.

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-449) and index.

"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.

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