Description
| Product ID: | 9780006550167 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire |
| Authors: | Author: Amanda Foreman |
| Page Count: | 496 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, European history, History, Social and cultural history, British & Irish history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, England, c 1700 to c 1800, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperPerennial |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1999-06-01 |
