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A tale of decadence and excess, great houses and wild parties, love and sexual intrigue, this biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, casts an astonishing new light on the nobility of eighteenth-century England.
Fashionable, extravagant and universally adored, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was one of the most influential…
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1 author picked Georgiana as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a plain, awkward child, I was invariably drawn to stories of women who made waves, a habit which never left me.
Georgiana Spencer was born to beauty, position, and influence. In short, she had everything. Later, as the stylish and influential and fabulously rich, but unhappily married Duchess of Devonshire, she battled a self-destructive streak.
Her solution was to enmesh herself in politics, and in this skillful, riveting biography it is possible to see how our political institutions began to evolve into what they are today via her involvement.
Sex, stately homes, beautiful women, fashion, dashing lovers, her early…
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