The Duchess

The Duchess
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Originally published as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.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.Georgiana’s extraordinary life has now been made into a major film – starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes – which is due for release in summer 2008.

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Amanda Foreman. The Duchess

The Duchess. GEORGIANA: DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE. AMANDA FOREMAN

Contents

Introduction

Family Trees

1Débutante1757–1774

2 Fashion’sFavourite1774–1776

3 The Vortex of Dissipation1776–1778

4A Popular Patriot1778–1781

5Introduction to Politics1780–1782

6The Cuckoo Bird1782–1783

7An Unstable Coalition1783

8A Birth and a Death1783–1784

9The Westminster Election1784

10Opposition1784–1786

11Queen Bess 1787

12Ménage à Trois1788

13The Regency Crisis1788–1789

14The Approaching Storm1789–1790

15Exposure1790–1791

16Exile1791–1793

17Return1794–1796

18Interlude1796

19Isolation1796–1799

20Georgiana Redux1800–1801

21Peace1801–1802

22Power Struggles1802–1803

23The Doyenne of the Whig Party1803–1804

24‘The Ministry of All the Talents’1804–1806

Epilogue

Select Bibliography. I. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES. BATH PUBLIC LIBRARY

BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

BORTHWICK INSTITUTE

BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD

BRITISH LIBRARY

CASTLE HOWARD, YORKSHIRE

CHATSWORTH, DERBYSHIRE

W. L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY, ANN ARBOR, MICH

DURHAM UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

EDINBURGH, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH, NATIONAL REGISTRY OF ARCHIVES

CENTRE FOR KENTISH STUDIES

NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

NORTHUMBERLAND RECORD OFFICE

NORTHERN IRELAND RECORD OFFICE

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ROYAL SOCIETY

SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE

EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE

WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE

YALE UNIVERSITY, BEINECKE RARE BOOK LIBRARY

II. PRINTED SOURCES. A Primary Sources. 1. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION

2. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS

3. BOOKS

4. PAMPHLETS

B. Secondary Sources. 1. BOOKS

2. ARTICLES

Index

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Notes. ONE: Débutante

TWO: Fashion’s Favourite

THREE: The Vortex of Dissipation

FOUR: A Popular Patriot

FIVE: Introduction to Politics

SIX: The Cuckoo Bird

SEVEN: An Unstable Coalition

EIGHT: A Birth and a Death

NINE: The Westminster Election

TEN: Opposition

ELEVEN: Queen Bess

TWELVE: Ménage à Troís

THIRTEEN: The Regency Crisis

FOURTEEN: The Approaching Storm

FIFTEEN: Exposure

SIXTEEN: Exile

SEVENTEEN: Return

EIGHTEEN: Interlude

NINETEEN: Isolation

TWENTY: Georgiana Redux

TWENTY-ONE: Peace

TWENTY-TWO: Power Struggles

TWENTY-THREE: The Doyenne of the Whig Party

TWENTY-FOUR: ‘The Ministry of All the Talents’

Epilogue

Praise

Copyright

About the Publisher

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