Lady 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 Devonshire,
one of England.s richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen
of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her
time. But Georgiana.s public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling
addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading
politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals
a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great
beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs
of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.

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