Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

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Flamboyant Duchess's life of intrigue and scandal.

If you're fascinated by the complexities of high society, "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" offers a captivating look at the exploits of an 18th-century aristocrat who still captures the imagination today. Georgiana's life was filled with the glamour and the downfall, the kind of contrasts that makes for an engaging read, especially if you’re drawn to real-life tales that echo the drama of fictional novels. Her connections to modern figures like Princess Diana add an extra layer of relevance that makes her story resonate through the centuries.

  • Whitbread Award for Biography (1998)
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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

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ISBN: 9780002556682
Authors: Amanda Foreman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date of Publication: 1998-05-18
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Politics, Biographies & Memoirs, History
Goodreads rating: 3.77
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Amanda Lucy Foreman (born 1968) is a British/American biographer and historian. Her books include Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, A World on Fire, and The World Made by Women. She also wrote and starred in a four-part documentary regarding the role of women in society, entitled The Ascent of Woman. After completing her DPhil, Foreman remained at Oxford as a researcher, and in 1998 she published her first book, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, based on her doctoral thesis. Published by HarperCollins in the UK and Random House in the US, the book was an international best-seller and reached number one in the UK as a hardback, paperback, and reissue nine years later. It was shortlisted for the 1998 Guardian First Book Prize, and won the 1998 Whitbread Prize for Best Biography. The book has been the subject of a television documentary, a radio play, starring Judi Dench, and a film, The Duchess, starring Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley. Foreman has dual citizenship, and splits her time between New York City, Kinderhook, New York, and London. She is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Queen Mary, University of London.
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Flamboyant Duchess's life of intrigue and scandal.

If you're fascinated by the complexities of high society, "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" offers a captivating look at the exploits of an 18th-century aristocrat who still captures the imagination today. Georgiana's life was filled with the glamour and the downfall, the kind of contrasts that makes for an engaging read, especially if you’re drawn to real-life tales that echo the drama of fictional novels. Her connections to modern figures like Princess Diana add an extra layer of relevance that makes her story resonate through the centuries.

  • Whitbread Award for Biography (1998)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.