Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire

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Publisher's Synopsis 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.