The Duchess: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Amanda Foreman - Couverture souple

Foreman, Amanda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007285752 ISBN 13 : 9780007285754

Editeur : HarperPerennial, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperPerennial
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0007285752
• ISBN 13: 9780007285754
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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