Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire

Paperback. Pub Date :2004-03-01 Pages: 496 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK 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.