A review by bailo2
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman

3.0

This biography was great and insightful. For anyone who has seen the film The Duchess, this is the biography that the movie was based on. One section of the book spent too much time on the political demography within this time period. While some of the information was helpful, I feel that most of it could have been omitted so we could have resumed learning about the star of the novel. Georgiana was truly a star! She was a woman with amazing amounts of intellect, potential, and creativity, but dragged down by a bad marriage and social expectations, ultimately leading to her own gnawing insecurities and self-destructive behaviors. It’s tragic, really. I truly felt for Georgiana and her circumstances. As far as authorship goes, I loved that Foreman was able to admire her subject while putting her on a pedestal. She lays it all out there and goes with the evidence presented, giving us a look at the good and the bad side of Georgiana.