Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Foreman, Amanda
ISBN 10: 0375502947 ISBN 13: 9780375502941
Published by Random House, 1999
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Synopsis:
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. 20,000 first printing.
About the Author:
Amanda Foreman, born in London in 1968, was educated at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and Oxford University, where she received a Ph.D. in history. A freelance journalist and until recently a researcher at Oxford, she has, since the immensely successful publication of Georgiana in the United Kingdom, made numerous television and radio appearances there, including the presentation of a Channel 4 documentary on the life of her subject. Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire is her first book. She lives in New York City and London.
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Title: Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair