The Duchess by Amanda Foreman

The Duchess

Amanda Foreman

456 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history informative medium-paced

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKLady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of ...

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