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EAN: 9780005550168 Format: Import ISBN: 0005550165 Item Dimensions: Label: HarperCollins Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publisher: HarperCollins Studio: HarperCollins Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Mixed reactionI have mixed feelings about this book. The author did an expert job researching Georgiana and the times in which she lived. (I believe this book came about as a result of her PhD work on the same subject.) It is chock full of historic and political details - which will delight some but, unfortunately, bore others to tears. Much of the book is about Georgiana's gambling problem, her subsequent debts (in the millions), the lengths she took to hide them from her family and how she continually ... Read More Rating:  - Great bookI really enjoyed reading this book. It was very well written. I look forward to more books by this author. Rating: - Georgiana Duchess of DevonshireI found this book to be beautifully written and extremely well researched. I have read it twice cover to cover. Rating:  - Georgiana boring or bad writing?I am an enthusiastic Anglophile and have read countless biographies about British nobles and royalty by a variety of authors. I hadn't heard about Amanda Foreman or Georgiana until the movie came out in the fall. I saw the movie and obtained the book shortly after. I tried in vain to struggle through the first 100 pages until finally giving up before reaching page 200. I kept thinking/saying to myself, "it has got to get better, there were so many good reviews! Come on, you love this kind of ... Read More Rating: - Will turn you into a history buff!AMAZING read! I have never been interested in History of any sort before and afte reading a bit about her on Wikipedia I couldn't wait to learn more! She is fascinating, flaws and all! This book gave a wonderful outline of the time period, the rulers in charge and the goverment, but loaded with interesting facts and how her life had impacted so much of that time period. It proved to me that times were not too different back then as they are now with sex, drugs, affairs, addictions and celebrity obsession. ... Read More |
