The duchess

Description:

Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was one of the most flamboyant and influential women of the eighteenth century. The great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, she was variously a compulsive gambler, a political savante and operator of the highest order, a drug addict, an adulteress and the darling of the common people. This authoritative, utterly absorbing book presents a mesmerizing picture of a fascinating world of political and sexual intrigues, grand houses, huge parties, glamour and great wealth - always on the edge of being squandered by the excesses and scandals of individuals.

subjects: Biography,  Great Britain,  History,  Marriage,  Nobility,  Politics and government,  Social life and customs,  Women politicians,  Binnenlandse politiek,  Mondain leven,  Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806,  Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811 -- Marriage,  Women politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography,  Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography,  Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Biography,  Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century,  Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820,  Manners and customs,  Large type books,  Femmes politiques,  Biographies,  Noblesse,  Femmes,  Activité politique,  Histoire,  Politique et gouvernement,  Great britain, politics and government, 18th century,  Great britain, social life and customs,  Nobility, great britain,  Women, political activity,  Women, biography,  Great britain, biography,  Great britain, history, 1714-1837,  nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2008-09-14,  New York Times bestseller

People: Georgiana Spencer Cavendish Devonshire Duchess of (1757-1806),  William Cavendish Devonshire Duke of (1748-1811),  Georgiana Spencer Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 1789-1820,  18th century,  George III, 1760-1820,  1714-1837