The Resource Privilege and scandal : the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana, Janet Gleeson
Privilege and scandal : the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana, Janet Gleeson
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- Summary
- The first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats of the Regency period. Intelligent, attractive, and eager to please, at nineteen she married an aloof, distant relative; the only trait they shared was an unhealthy love of gambling. Harriet began a series of illicit dalliances, including one with the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Then she met Lord Granville Leveson Gower, handsome and twelve years her junior. Their years-long affair resulted in the birth of two children, and concealing both pregnancies from her husband required great skill. Harriet was an eyewitness to the French Revolution; traveled through war-torn Europe during the time of Napoleon; quarreled with Byron when he pursued her daughter; and became one of the leading female political activists of her day.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- xix, 419 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Note
- Originally published as An aristocratic affair, the life of Georgiana's sister, Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough. London : Bantam Press, 2006
- Isbn
- 9780307381972
- Label
- Privilege and scandal : the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana
- Title
- Privilege and scandal
- Title remainder
- the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana
- Statement of responsibility
- Janet Gleeson
- Title variation
- Remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats of the Regency period. Intelligent, attractive, and eager to please, at nineteen she married an aloof, distant relative; the only trait they shared was an unhealthy love of gambling. Harriet began a series of illicit dalliances, including one with the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Then she met Lord Granville Leveson Gower, handsome and twelve years her junior. Their years-long affair resulted in the birth of two children, and concealing both pregnancies from her husband required great skill. Harriet was an eyewitness to the French Revolution; traveled through war-torn Europe during the time of Napoleon; quarreled with Byron when he pursued her daughter; and became one of the leading female political activists of her day.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gleeson, Janet
- Dewey number
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- 942.07/3092
- B
- Illustrations
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- portraits
- plates
- genealogical tables
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby
- Granville, Granville Leveson Gower
- Gower family
- Nobility
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Label
- Privilege and scandal : the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana, Janet Gleeson
- Note
- Originally published as An aristocratic affair, the life of Georgiana's sister, Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough. London : Bantam Press, 2006
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm76828884
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- xix, 419 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307381972
- Lccn
- 2006039186
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), geneological table, portraits
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o76828884
- (OCoLC)76828884
- (Sirsi) b12418390
- Label
- Privilege and scandal : the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana, Janet Gleeson
- Note
- Originally published as An aristocratic affair, the life of Georgiana's sister, Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough. London : Bantam Press, 2006
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm76828884
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- xix, 419 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307381972
- Lccn
- 2006039186
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), geneological table, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o76828884
- (OCoLC)76828884
- (Sirsi) b12418390
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