Duchess (Audio book)

Informationen zum Autor Amanda Foreman was born in London in 1968. She is the daughter of the late Hollywood film maker Carl Foreman (High Noon, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Guns of Navarone). Her early years were spent shuttling between home in Los Angeles and school in Dorset. Her first book, ‘Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire’ won the 1998 Whitbread Biography of the year Award. A self-confessed Trekkie, when not at work she is either cooking, surfing the net, or catching up on the latest sci-fi. Fiona Shaw, CBE (Hon) (born July 10, 1958) is a leading Irish actress who regularly appears in London theatre, although to international audiences she is probably most familiar for her role as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films. She has been regarded as one of the finest classical actresses of her generation. Shaw was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001.

Product details

• Authors: Amanda Foreman
• Assisted by: Fiona Shaw (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio
• Released: 04.08.2008
• EAN: 9780007290796
• ISBN: 978-0-00-729079-6
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1700 To C 1800