The Duchess / Amanda Foreman.
Publication details: New York : Random house trade paperbacks, c1998. Description: xx, 454 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780812979695
- 941.07092 22 FOR
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Contents;
Part one: Debutante
1. Debutante: 1757-1774
2. Fashion's favourite: 1774-1776
3. The Vortex of dissipation: 1776-1778.
4. A popular patriot: 1778-1781
5. Introduction to politics: 1780-1782.
Part two: Politics
6. The newcomer: 1782-1783
7. An unstable coalition: 1783
8. A birth and a death: 1783-1784
9. The Westminster election: 1784
10. Opposition: 1784-1786'
11. Queen Bess: 1787.
12. Ménage a Trois: 1788.
13. The regency crisis: 1788-1789.
Part three: Exile
14. The approaching storm: 1789-1790.
15. Exposure: 1790-1791.
16.Exile: 1791-1793
17. Return: 1794-1796
18. Interlude: 1796
19. Isolation: 1796-1799.
Part four: Georgiana Redux
20. Georgiana Redux: 1800-1801
21. Peace: 1801-1802
22. Power struggles: 1802-1803
23. The Doyenne of the Whig party: 1803-1804.
24. "The ministry of all the talents": 1804-1806
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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