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Amanda Foreman - Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Av Amanda Foreman

Del i serien Harper Perennial

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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.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1999-06-01
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 38 mm
  • Vikt: 380 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Harper Perennial
  • Antal sidor: 496
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780006550167
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 1998
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Amanda Foreman was born in London in 1968. She was educated at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University in New York, before receiving her doctorate in 18th Century British History from Oxford University. She is married with five children. Since 2005 she has a been a Visiting Fellow at Queen Mary College, London University.

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‘Mesmerizing’Antonia Fraser, Literary Review‘Well-written, extensively researched and highly readable… Gripping’Stella Tillyard, Mail on Sunday‘An outstanding debut by a young biographer fully in control of her sources, and with an easy and elegant writing style’Roy Strong, Sunday Times

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