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| 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. Winner of the Whitbread Prize. |
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Key Information
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| Awards: |
1998 Whitbread Award |
| Authors: |
Amanda Foreman |
| Nonfiction Subcategory: |
General |
| Nonfiction Category: |
Biography & Autobiography |
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Professional Reviews
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Book: "To her credit, Foreman does not attempt to paint Georgiana as a feminist or a sexual pioneer, but rather as a gifted woman who naturally attracted admirers in the course of living within the limits imposed on her.", Entertainment Weekly: "In Foreman's assured hands, Georgiana's life illuminates gender issues in a society in which women were meant to be seen and not heard.", New Yorker: "But to dwell on the psychosexual machinations of the Devonshires' menage, which many readers may find the most fascinating aspect of Foreman's biography, would be to overlook the sizeable portion which offers a panorama of British politics in the age of William Pitt the Younger, and focuses on Georgiana's activity in the Whig party." |
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Book Editions
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- Paperback
- Reprint
- 456
- January 01, 2001
- Modern Library
- 8"(h) x 5.12"(w) x 1"(d), 0.95 lbs.
- 9780375753831
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