Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire - Rilegato

Foreman, Amanda

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ISBN 10: 0375502947 ISBN 13: 9780375502941

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2000

Riassunto

Provides a dramatic portrait of the colorful life of eighteenth-century British aristocrat Lady Georgiana Spencer, her roles as a society and political hostess, and her disastrous and profligate private life. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman's dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was—passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman."
—Simon Schama

"A most impressive début. I predict a great future for Amanda Foreman. She is a scholar who matches her learning to a sense of adventure and writes with engaging vitality."
—Michael Holroyd

"A mesmerizing read. . . . The charm of Amanda Foreman's Georgiana is that it gives you all the fascinating detail you want . . . and is at the same time a serious, scholarly work, based on exhaustive archival research."
—Antonia Fraser, Literary Review

"Stunning historical research plus feminine acuity yield a vivid portrait of a shrewd, seductive ancestor of Princess Diana's in an age before democracy or contraception."
—Brenda Maddox, author of Yeats' Ghosts and Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom

"I put this book down entranced by the woman. This is an outstanding début by a young biographer fully in control of her sources, and with an easy, elegant writing style. She tells a tale that calls not only for our admiration but for our compassion."
—Roy Strong, London Sunday Times

"This is an accomplished and well-written biography, remarkably mature for a first effort; diligently researched and entertainingly presented. Amanda Foreman is a writer to watch and one from whom much can be expected."
—Daily Telegraph

L'autore:

Amanda Foreman, born in London in 1968, was educated at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and Oxford University, where she received a Ph.D. in history. A freelance journalist and until recently a researcher at Oxford, she has, since the immensely successful publication of Georgiana in the United Kingdom, made numerous television and radio appearances there, including the presentation of a Channel 4 documentary on the life of her subject. Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire is her first book. She lives in New York City and London.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375502947
• ISBN 13: 9780375502941
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 454