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The Duchess

The Duchess( )
Author: Foreman, Amanda
Narrated by: McCaddon, Wanda
ISBN:978-1-4001-1161-9
Publication Date:Jun 2009
Publisher:Tantor Media, Incorporated
Imprint:Tantor Audio
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:USD $39.99
Book Description:

Winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize, Amanda Foreman's bestselling work is a penetrating, marvelously written account of Lady Georgiana Spencer.

Book Details
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.4 x 5.3 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:0.7 Pounds
Author Biography
Foreman, Amanda (Author)


Amanda Lucy Foreman was born in London in 1968. She went to school at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and later at Columbia University. She returned to England in 1991and earned a Senior Scholarship at Lady Margaret Hall Oxford in 1993. It was at Oxford that she wrote her thesis "The political life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806" which became the basis of her first biography. It won the 1998 Whitbread Prize for Best Biography. She went on to write several other historical works including: A World of Fire, The Ascent of a Woman, and The World Made by Women. She also utilizes her talent by writing for television, radio, and print media.

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