'The Duchess', starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling and Dominic Cooper, based on the life of Duchess Georgiana (1757-1806), wife of the 5th Duke of Devonshire.

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Characters:

Still from the film The Duchess and information from the book, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

• Georgiana, played by Keira Knightley
• The Duke, played by Ralph Fiennes
• Charles Grey, played by Dominic Cooper
• Lady Elizabeth Foster, played by Hayley Atwell
• Lady Spencer, played by Charlotte Rampling
• Charles James Fox, played by Simon McBurney
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan, played by Aiden McArdle

The Duchess:

• Filming ‘The Duchess’ at Kedleston Hall
  A personal account by Amanda Foreman
• On-set report: The Duchess
  Telegraph article on the filming of The Duchess

Excerpts from the Book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire:

• Coming to Society
• Eliza

Further Information:

• How Fergie and the Duchess in the hit movie are directly related through an illegitimate child
• How do you solve a problem like Georgiana?
• How to get dressed: tailoring
• Amanda Foreman at the London premiere
• Georgiana's Medical File
• Eighteenth Century Politics
• High Society by Lucy Moore

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