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by Amanda Foreman (Author) (edit contributors)

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Also published as "Georgiana: The Duchess of Devonshire"

The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a... read more

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  • Whig Party: The Whigs opposed The King and any kind of tyranny. They strongly held firm in their belief of Civil Liberties for ALL. The Duke and Duchess were important Party members.

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"I know I was handsome...and have always been fashionable, but I do assure you," Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, wrote to her daughter at the end of her life, "our negligence and ommissions have been forgiven and we have been loved, more from our being free from airs than from any other circumstance."

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Part One: Débutante
1. Débutante: 1757-1774
2. Fashoin's Favourite: 1774-1776
3. The Vortex of Dissipation: 1776-1778
4. A Popular Patriot: 1778-1781
5. Introduction to Politics: 1780-1782

Part Two: Politics
6. The Cuckoo Bird: 1782-1783
7. An Unstable Coalition: 1783
8. A Birth and a Death: 1783-1784
9. The Westminister Election: 1784
10. Opposition: 1784-1786
11. Queen Bess: 1787
12. Ménage á Trois: 1788
13. The Regency Crisis: 1788-1789

Part Three: Exile
14. The Approaching Storm: 1789-1790
15. Exposure: 1790-1791
16. Exile: 1791-1793
17. Return: 1794-1796
18. Interlude: 1796
19. Isolation: 1796-1799

Part Four: Georgiana Redux
20. Georgiana Redux: 1800-1801
21. Peace: 1801-1802
22. Power Struggles: 1802-1803
23. The Doyenne of the Whig Party: 1803-1804
24. "The Ministry of All the Talents": 1804-1806

Epilogue

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Amanda Foreman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: England
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0002556685
Page Count: 463

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Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: DA522.D5 F68 1998
  • Dewey: 941.07092

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

This biography contains references of a sexual nature (childbirth, intercourse etc)

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