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The Two Duchesses - Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire (Paperback)
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The Two Duchesses - Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire (Paperback)
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'The Two Duchesses' is family correspondence of and relating to
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire,
Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derry), the Countess of Bristol, Lord
Byron, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster and others
1777-1859, focusing on the period from America's independence to
the fall of Napoleon. Single letters are also included from Gibbon;
Sheridan; Fox; the Prince Regent; General Moreau and Alexander,
Emperor of Russia. The Devonshires were one of the first families
of the land they were highly connected with George, Prince of Wales
being a regular visitor to Devonshire house along with James Fox,
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and other politicians and celebrities of
the day. They were at the centre of society and their interest to
history is heightened by the celebrated m'nage a trois and other
affairs which led both duchesses--at separate times--to seek a
quiet period abroad to bear illegitimate children; Georgiana's
daughter Eliza Courtney was sired by Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey,
who later became prime minister; Elizabeth's children, Caroline St
Jules and Augustus Clifford were sired by William, the 5th Duke of
Devonshire, who she later married. Vere Foster, Elizabeth's
grandson, had unique access to the papers and over a period of
years produced accurate transcriptions of these historically
important letters--often working from abominable scrawl--to provide
us with fascinating window into the pinnacle of society of the
period.
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