Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire [large print] / Amanda Foreman.
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire [large print] / Amanda Foreman.
By
:
Foreman, Amanda, 1968-
Publication Date
:
2000, 1998
Publication Information
:
Thorndike, Me. : Thorndike Press,
Edition
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Large print ed.
Physical Description
:
936 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Large type books.
Women politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820.
Summary
:
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, the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, achieved immediate celebrity at seventeen 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. But her public success concealed a personal life fraught with suffering, giving this vibrant story an astonishingly contemporary twist.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780786226542
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Bio LP | Adult Biography Large Print | B D49F | Checked In |