Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
by Foreman, Amanda
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0375753834
- ISBN 13
- 9780375753831
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About This Item
Modern Library, 2001. Trade paperback. Like New. 9x6x1. The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers 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 was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity 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, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010022580
- Title
- Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
- Author
- Foreman, Amanda
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0375753834
- ISBN 13
- 9780375753831
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 30 oz
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