![]() Foreman gives readers the aristocracy fighting for control over Parliament, King George slowly losing his mind, his love-struck son ill-prepared to take the throne, and more bed-hopping than on a TV soap opera. ![]() and the winner of the 1999 Whitbread Prize for Best Biography, Foreman's debut is captivating not just because of Georgiana-whose insecurity, demented love life and gambling addiction made her personal life even more dismal than Diana's-but also because Foreman's portrayal of high society in late-18th-century Britain and France is so remarkably vivid. Princess Diana? No, her great-great-great-great-aunt, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806). Royals, aristocrats and politicians sought her opinion, for she was as influential as she was beautiful. Whatever she wore became instantly fashionable, and her parties were the ones to attend. ![]() She was the most prominent British woman of her day. ![]()
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