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Author
Foreman, Amanda, 1968-
Title
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Amanda Foreman.
Imprint
New York : Random House, c1998.
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Axe 2nd Floor Stacks
942.07 D498f 1998
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Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Description
xx, 454 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), geneal. tables ; 24 cm.
Note
Genealogical chart on lining papers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-432) and index.
Contents
Debutante : 1757-1774 -- Fashion's favourite : 1774-1776 -- Vortex of dissipation : 1776-1778 -- Popular patriot : 1778-1781 -- Introduction to politics : 1780-1782 -- Newcomer : 1782-1783 -- Unstable coalition : 1783 -- Birth and a death : 1783-1784 -- Westminster election : 1784 -- Opposition : 1784-1786 -- Queen Bess : 1787 -- Menage a trois : 1788 -- Regency crisis : 1788-1789 -- Approaching storm : 1789-1790 -- Exposure : 1790-1791 -- Exile : 1791-1793 -- Return : 1794-1796 -- Interlude : 1796 -- Isolation : 1796-1799 -- Georgiana redux : 1800-1801 -- Peace : 1801-1802 -- Power struggles : 1802-1803 -- Doyenne of the Whig party : 1803-1804 -- "The ministry of all the talents" : 1804-1806.
Subject
Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806.
Women politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820.
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0375502947 (pbk.)
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