The Duchess - Film tie-in

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. Klappentext Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Zusammenfassung A tale of decadence and excess! great houses and wild parties! love and sexual intrigue! this biography of Georgiana! Duchess of Devonshire! casts an astonishing new light on the nobility of eighteenth-century England.

Product details

• Authors: Amanda Foreman
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.08.2008
• EAN: 9780007285754
• ISBN: 978-0-00-728575-4
• No. of pages: 463
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; 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