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Dec 28, 1999 · Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire. Hardcover – December 28, 1999. by Amanda Foreman (Author) 4.2 1,094 ratings. See all formats and editions. The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy ...
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; / dʒɔːrˈdʒeɪnə / jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire is a long book, nearly a thousand pages, in four sections: I - Debutante. II - Politics. III - Exile. IV - Georgiana Redux. There is also an Introduction and an Epilogue, a “Note on 18th Century Politics” a Chronology, Notes, and a Select Biography, all of which are quite comprehensive.
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John Downman. After nine years of marriage, the Devonshires would celebrate the birth of their first child, Georgiana (1783-1858) known as Little G, who was followed two years later by Harriet (1785-1862), known as Harryo. The sisters were joined by a brother William, known as Hart, who would become the 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858) in ...
Amanda Foreman is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the Whitbread Prize for Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire, which was adapted for the screen as The Duchess. Educated as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College and with master’s and doctorate degrees in history from Oxford University, she is now ...
The book, about Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire in the late 1700s, and earlier 1800s, is rather depressing. It became a thing in the public’s consciousness, when people realised the link between her and Princess Diana, the former wife of Prince Charles, and former “next Queen of the UK.”
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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Amanda Foreman. Random House, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 454 pages. The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a ...
