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Books : Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780002556682
ISBN: 0002556685
Label: HarperCollins Publishers
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 463
Publication Date: 1998-01
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
Georgiana Spencer was, in a sense, an 18th-century It Girl. She came from one of England's richest and most landed families (the late Princess Diana was a Spencer too) and married into another. She was beautiful, sensitive, and extravagant--drugs, drink, high-profile love affairs, and even gambling counted among her favorite leisure-time activities. Nonetheless, she quickly moved from a world dominated by social parties to one focused on political parties. The duchess was an intimate of ministers and princes, and she canvassed assiduously for the Whig cause, most famously in the Westminster election of 1784. By turns she was caricatured and fawned on by the press, and she provided the inspiration for the character of Lady Teazle in Richard Sheridan's famous play The School for Scandal. But her weaknesses marked the last part of her life. By 1784, for one, Georgiana owed "many, many, many thousands," and her creditors dogged her until her death.
Biographer Amanda Foreman describes astutely the mess that surrounded the personal relationships of the aristocratic subculture (Georgiana and the duke engaged for many years in a ménage à trois with Lady Elizabeth Fraser, who inveigled her way into the duke's bed and the duchess's heart). Foreman is, by her own admission, a little in love with her subject, which can lead to occasional lapses of perspective, but generally it adds zest to a narrative built on, rather than burdened by, scholarship, that is at once accessible and learned. An impressive debut, in every sense. --David Vincent, Amazon.co.uk
Product Description:
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was one of the most flamboyant women of the eighteenth century. Foreman's biography of the great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales presents a picture of political and sexual intrigue and shows that Georgiana was a gambler, a drug addict, an adultress and the darling of the common people.
Rating:
- Mixed reaction
I have mixed feelings about this book. The author did an expert job researching Georgiana and the times in which she lived. (I believe this book came about as a result of her PhD work on the same subject.) It is chock full of historic and political details - which will delight some but, unfortunately, bore others to tears.
Much of the book is about Georgiana's gambling problem, her subsequent debts (in the millions), the lengths she took to hide them from her family and how she continually ... Read More
Rating:
- Great book
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was very well written. I look forward to more books by this author.
Rating: - Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire
I found this book to be beautifully written and extremely well researched. I have read it twice cover to cover.
Rating:
- Georgiana boring or bad writing?
I am an enthusiastic Anglophile and have read countless biographies about British nobles and royalty by a variety of authors. I hadn't heard about Amanda Foreman or Georgiana until the movie came out in the fall. I saw the movie and obtained the book shortly after.
I tried in vain to struggle through the first 100 pages until finally giving up before reaching page 200. I kept thinking/saying to myself, "it has got to get better, there were so many good reviews! Come on, you love this kind of ... Read More
Rating: - Will turn you into a history buff!
AMAZING read! I have never been interested in History of any sort before and afte reading a bit about her on Wikipedia I couldn't wait to learn more! She is fascinating, flaws and all! This book gave a wonderful outline of the time period, the rulers in charge and the goverment, but loaded with interesting facts and how her life had impacted so much of that time period. It proved to me that times were not too different back then as they are now with sex, drugs, affairs, addictions and celebrity obsession. ... Read More
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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
by: Amanda Foreman
EAN: 9780002556682
ISBN: 0002556685
Label: HarperCollins Publishers
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 463
Publication Date: 1998-01
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
Georgiana Spencer was, in a sense, an 18th-century It Girl. She came from one of England's richest and most landed families (the late Princess Diana was a Spencer too) and married into another. She was beautiful, sensitive, and extravagant--drugs, drink, high-profile love affairs, and even gambling counted among her favorite leisure-time activities. Nonetheless, she quickly moved from a world dominated by social parties to one focused on political parties. The duchess was an intimate of ministers and princes, and she canvassed assiduously for the Whig cause, most famously in the Westminster election of 1784. By turns she was caricatured and fawned on by the press, and she provided the inspiration for the character of Lady Teazle in Richard Sheridan's famous play The School for Scandal. But her weaknesses marked the last part of her life. By 1784, for one, Georgiana owed "many, many, many thousands," and her creditors dogged her until her death.
Biographer Amanda Foreman describes astutely the mess that surrounded the personal relationships of the aristocratic subculture (Georgiana and the duke engaged for many years in a ménage à trois with Lady Elizabeth Fraser, who inveigled her way into the duke's bed and the duchess's heart). Foreman is, by her own admission, a little in love with her subject, which can lead to occasional lapses of perspective, but generally it adds zest to a narrative built on, rather than burdened by, scholarship, that is at once accessible and learned. An impressive debut, in every sense. --David Vincent, Amazon.co.uk
Product Description:
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was one of the most flamboyant women of the eighteenth century. Foreman's biography of the great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales presents a picture of political and sexual intrigue and shows that Georgiana was a gambler, a drug addict, an adultress and the darling of the common people.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Mixed reactionI have mixed feelings about this book. The author did an expert job researching Georgiana and the times in which she lived. (I believe this book came about as a result of her PhD work on the same subject.) It is chock full of historic and political details - which will delight some but, unfortunately, bore others to tears.
Much of the book is about Georgiana's gambling problem, her subsequent debts (in the millions), the lengths she took to hide them from her family and how she continually ... Read More
Rating:
- Great bookI really enjoyed reading this book. It was very well written. I look forward to more books by this author.
Rating:
- Georgiana Duchess of DevonshireI found this book to be beautifully written and extremely well researched. I have read it twice cover to cover.
Rating:
- Georgiana boring or bad writing?I am an enthusiastic Anglophile and have read countless biographies about British nobles and royalty by a variety of authors. I hadn't heard about Amanda Foreman or Georgiana until the movie came out in the fall. I saw the movie and obtained the book shortly after.
I tried in vain to struggle through the first 100 pages until finally giving up before reaching page 200. I kept thinking/saying to myself, "it has got to get better, there were so many good reviews! Come on, you love this kind of ... Read More
Rating:
- Will turn you into a history buff!AMAZING read! I have never been interested in History of any sort before and afte reading a bit about her on Wikipedia I couldn't wait to learn more! She is fascinating, flaws and all! This book gave a wonderful outline of the time period, the rulers in charge and the goverment, but loaded with interesting facts and how her life had impacted so much of that time period. It proved to me that times were not too different back then as they are now with sex, drugs, affairs, addictions and celebrity obsession. ... Read More
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
