Wellington's Dearest Georgy: The Life and Loves of Lady Georgiana Lennox - Softcover

Crossland, Alice Marie

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9780993242489: Wellington's Dearest Georgy: The Life and Loves of Lady Georgiana Lennox

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ISBN 10: 0993242480 ISBN 13: 9780993242489

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Using largely unpublished sources, this book tells the story of Lady Georgiana Lennox and the unique friendship she cherished with the Duke of Wellington. She first met the Duke on his return from India when he was serving under Georgy's father as Chief Secretary. The Lennox family moved to Brussels in 1813 and Georgy's mother the Duchess of Richmond threw the now legendary ball the night before the Battle of Waterloo. Georgy was a young, beautiful and immensely popular young lady at the time with many suitors. She and the Duke enjoyed a flirtatious early friendship, which blossomed into a true bond between families as the years went by. Georgy had a front row seat to the Battle of Waterloo, and remained in Brussels after the battle to help tend to the wounded. At 29 she married the future 23rd Baron de Ros who became a diplomatic spy, and later Governor of the Tower of London. Georgy had three children, and died at the impressive age of 96.

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"the book as a whole is riveting; a must read for history lovers". --The Lady

"There are also some fascinating illustrations and photographs included which add colour to this fascinating observation into an extremely interesting woman and family...can highly recommended this to those who love history, especially through the Regency to Victorian period.
A superb historical insight!" --Books and Me Blog

"It is, quite simply, a beautiful book...We whole-heartedly recommend Wellington s Dearest Georgy. It is a fascinating biography of an aristocratic lady but it is more than that. It is the story of one of the most interesting periods in our history told from a different perspective than that usually given and, therefore, one which sheds new light on the events and characters of the age." --All Things Georgian Blog

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Alice Crossland specialised in 19th Century British Art at UCL. She worked with the Wellington family on the catalogue of portraits Wellington Portrayed; published in 2014. She has since worked at the National Gallery and Royal Academy whilst pursuing her own research projects.

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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Illustrated. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, Alice Marie Crossland offers here a new account, based largely on unpublished sources, of the flirtatious friendship that seems to have occupied at least part of the Duke of Wellingtons mind in the hours leading up to the battle.Lady Georgina Lennox met the future Duke soon after his return from India in 1804, when he took up a post as chief secretary to her father. At the time, she was a young, beautiful, and intensely popular young woman, surrounded by suitors, and she and the Duke enjoyed a close, teasingly intimate friendship. As the years went by, it blossomed into a true bond, strengthened by a broader friendship between the two families. The night before the Battle of Waterloo, Lady Lennoxs mother, the Duchess of Richmond, threw a ball for the officers that has become legendary for its glitz and defiance in the face of the coming action. Georgy herself had a front-row seat at the battle, and afterwards she helped tend wounded soldiers in Brussels.Crossland tells the story of Georgy and Wellington brilliantly, then moves beyond it to Lady Lennoxs later life, which saw her marry the future Baron de Ros, who became a spy and later governor of the Tower of London; when she died at ninety-six, none could say she hadnt lived on a large scale. Seller Inventory # DADAX0993242480

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