Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - Rilegato

Foreman, Amanda

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ISBN 10: 0002556685 ISBN 13: 9780002556682

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1998

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

Andrew Roberts, bestselling author of Eminent Churchillians, has given this advance praise in a letter to the author:

‘A super book which will become a bestseller and will make your name as a serious biographer and author’

L'autore:

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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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0002556685
• ISBN 13: 9780002556682
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 480