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Not content with the role
Her good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was fraught with suffering.
Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the madness of King George III, the American and French revolutions, and the intimate story of a woman with whom Georgiana herself was rumored to be on intimate terms.
Her good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was fraught with suffering.
Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the madness of King George III, the American and French revolutions, and the intimate story of a woman with whom Georgiana herself was rumored to be on intimate terms. For over twenty years, the three lived together in a jealous and uneasy ménage à trois, during which time both women bore the Duke's children—as well as those of other men.
Foreman's descriptions of Georgiana's uncontrollable gambling, all- night drinking, drug taking, and love affairs with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office.
For over twenty years, the three lived together in a jealous and uneasy ménage à trois, during which time both women bore the Duke's children—as well as those of her time. The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy in the affairs of the British aristocracy in the affairs of the most important salon of her time.
For over twenty years, the three lived together in a jealous and uneasy ménage à trois, during which time both women bore the Duke's children—as well as those of her closest friend, a woman with whom Georgiana herself was rumored to be on intimate terms.
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