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A Passion for Government - The Life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (Hardcover, New)
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A Passion for Government - The Life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (Hardcover, New)
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Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, was a woman with a `passion for
government': a compulsion to wield power not only in her own family
but in public affairs as well. She was the favourite of Queen Anne,
the devoted wife and political associate of the Queen's most
powerful subject, the passionate ally or bitter enemy of most of
the leading public figures of her day, and in her widowhood the
effective head of one of England's great families. Despite her
stormy relationship with the architect Vanbrugh, she played a major
role in the building of Blenheim Palace, one of England's most
splendid houses. Born in 1660, she succeeded during the course of
her long life in overcoming many of the contemporary constraints on
her sex. Her sheer force of personality made her one of the most
influential, as well as one of the most loved and hated, of
Augustan women. This is the first complete scholarly biography of
the Duchess of Marlborough. Frances Harris makes full use of
recently available manuscript sources to tell the colourful story
of a woman at the centre of power, whose life spanned more than
eighty years from the Restoration to the fall of Walpole. Dr Harris
sets Sarah's life and personal relationships in the context of her
time, drawing a vivid portrait of a woman whose character and life
are as fascinating and contentious today as they were to her
contemporaries.
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