The Duchess - Amanda Foreman | Paperback | Used Good Condition

Name : The Duchess - Amanda Foreman | Paperback | Used Good Condition

Book Format : Paperback

Genre : Literature & Fiction

Language : English

Pages : 401-500 Pages

Publish Year : 2008

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 women of her day. But her flamboyant public persona hid a multitude of personal troubles : drug addiction, vast gambling debts, an unhappy ménage à trois with her husband and best friend, and a doomed affair with the future prime minister. Like her descendant, Diana, Princess of Wales, Georgiana was a vulnerable woman living the life of an icon. This utterly absorbing biography, recently made into a major film starring Keira Knightley as the Duchess of Devonshire, paints a touching portrait of a misunderstood woman. About the Author Amanda Foreman was born in London in 1968. She is the daughter of the late Hollywood film maker Carl Foreman (High Noon, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Guns of Navarone). Her early years were spent shuttling between home in Los Angeles and school in Dorset. Her first book, ‘Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire’ won the 1998 Whitbread Biography of the year Award. A self-confessed Trekkie, when not at work she is either cooking, surfing the net, or catching up on the latest sci-fi.

Country of Origin : United Kingdom