![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Georgiana was born in 1757 and died in 1806 so this book is set against the excesses and massive changes of the latter half of the eighteenth century. She does a great job in presenting the Duchess throughout her life and in all her colours and shades as a young girl, rejected wife, desperate gambler, impetuous campaigner, caring mother and always- good friend. But Foreman doesn't falter in the tale though, and neither does she pore with salacious enjoyment over the detail. With a story like this Amanda Foreman would have been hard pressed to fail in a book on Georgiana, 5th Duchess of Devonshire. What better material can you start with than the most well-known menage a trois in English history - involving one of the wealthiest men of his age, and Duke at that, his wife the most popular and influential woman of her age, Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire - and their best friend? ![]()
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