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Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman's dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was-passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman. <br>-Simon Schama <br> Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age. <br> -The New York Times Book Review <br> Riveting . . . marvelously diverting. <br> -The New Yorker

Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman's dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was-passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman. <br>-Simon Schama<br><br> Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age. <br> -The New York Times Book Review <br><br> Riveting . . . marvelously diverting. <br> -The New Yorker

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Amanda Foreman is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the Whitbread Prize for Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She is married with five children, and lives in both New York and London.

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