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The Duchess [electronic resource] / Amanda Foreman.

Foreman, Amanda, (author.). Mccaddon, Wanda, (reader.). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Wanda McCaddon. (Cast).

Summary:

Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana's public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.

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Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400191611
  • ISBN: 1400191610
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (960 min.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Tantor Audio, 2009.
  • Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:
Flex title available through hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Wanda McCaddon.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject:
Biography.
History.
Nobility.
Women > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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