The duchess / Amanda Foreman.

Foreman, Amanda, 1968- (Author).

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. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780812979695
ISBN: 0812979699
Physical Description: xx, 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Edition: Random House Trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published as Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-432) and index.