Privilege and scandal, the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana, Janet Gleeson
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Privilege and scandal, the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana, Janet Gleeson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-398) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
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platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Privilege and scandal
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
76828884
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Janet Gleeson
Sub title
the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana
Summary
The first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats of the Regency period. Intelligent, attractive, and eager to please, at nineteen she married an aloof, distant relative; the only trait they shared was an unhealthy love of gambling. Harriet began a series of illicit dalliances, including one with the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Then she met Lord Granville Leveson Gower, handsome and twelve years her junior. Their years-long affair resulted in the birth of two children, and concealing both pregnancies from her husband required great skill. Harriet was an eyewitness to the French Revolution; traveled through war-torn Europe during the time of Napoleon; quarreled with Byron when he pursued her daughter; and became one of the leading female political activists of her day.--From publisher description
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana