The Duchess - Brossura

Foreman, Amanda

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ISBN 10: 0812979699 ISBN 13: 9780812979695

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2008

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. Originally published as Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire. Reprint. (A Paramount/Vantage film, directed by Saul Dibb, written by Jeffrey Hatcher & Anders Thomas Jensen, releasing September 2008, starring Kiera Knightley & Ralph Fiennes) (Biography & Autobiography)

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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

“Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age.”–The New York Times Book Review

“Riveting . . . marvelously diverting.”–The New Yorker

L'autore:

Amanda Foreman is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the Whitbread Prize for Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She is married with five children, and lives in both New York and London.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0812979699
• ISBN 13: 9780812979695
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 456