TITLE:
The Spencers : a personal history of an English family / Charles Spencer.
Former Title:
Spencer Family
Publication Date:
2000
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press,
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Description:
350 p.
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Summary:
The history of the Spencer family -- intimately linked with the British monarchy for more than 500 years -- is in many ways the history of England.In this fascinating account, Charles Spencer traces the story of his family from its days as a medieval sheep-farming dynasty to the present. Remarkable characters abound, from Henry Spencer, who gave Charles I the astonishing sum of pounds l0,000 on the eve of the English Civil War; through the Lady Diana Spencer who lived in the 18th century and did not marry the Prince of Wales; to the scandalous society beauty Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; and finally to the modern Diana, Princess of Wales.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780312266493
General Note:
Previously published in UK as The Spencer Family.
