Fanny Burney: Her Life, 1742-1840.(Review)

Contemporary Review | November 1, 1998| | Copyright

Kate Chisholm. Chatto & Windus. [pounds]20.00. 347 pages. ISBN 0-7011-6378-X.

Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgiana, wife of the fifth Duke of Devonshire, is the first biography since Brian Masters' 1981 book and will replace it as the definitive study of the 'beautiful duchess' who still fascinates after all these years. Georgiana Spencer was born into aristocratic society, wealth and what we now call 'privilege.' After her marriage to the Duke she established herself as a 'trend-setter' when it came to the important things of life: hair styles, clothes, hats ...

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