"Well written, extensively researched
and highly readable"
Stella Tillyard, Daily Mail
"Not only a pungent, intimate blend of biography and
history, but a provocative contribution to our understanding
of women of the past"
Jenny Uglow, Independent
"Georgiana Devonshire was much the most fascinating
woman of the age, and Foreman has written a biography to
match her"
Ian Gilmour, London Review of Books
"Sumptuously produced, accurate and eminently readable"
Economist
"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."
Simon Schama
"A most impressive debut. I predict a great future
for Amanda Foreman. She is a scholar who matches her learning
to a sense of adventure and writes with engaging vitality."
Michael Holroyd
"A mesmerizing read .... The charm of Amanda Foreman's
Georgiana is that it gives you all the fascinating detail
you want .... and is at the same time a serious, scholarly
work, based on exhaustive archival research."
Antonia Fraser, Literary Review
"Stunning historical research plus feminine acuity
yield a vivid portrait of a shrewd, seductive ancestor of
Princess Diana's in an age before democracy or contraception."
Brenda Maddox, author of Yeats "Ghosts and Nora" The
Real Life of Molly Bloom
"I put this book down entranced by the woman. This
is an outstanding debut by a young biographer fully in control
of her sources, and with an easy, elegant writing style.
She tells a tale that calls not only for our admiration but
for our compassion."
Roy Strong, London Sunday Times
"This is an accomplished and well written biography,
remarkably mature for a first effort; diligently researched
and entertainingly presented. Amanda Foreman is a writer
to watch and one from whom much can be expected."
Daily Telegraph
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