The Duchess

Do you recognise this person? A shy English teenager, she blossomed after she was catapulted to fame by marrying an older, wealthier man. Although she had been born into a rich and influential family, her husband came from an even more prestigious family. After her marriage, she became universally ad......more

Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, was a complicated lady. She was politically active, a progressive thinker, had an atrocious gambling habit that kept her perpetually in debt and suffered from an unfortunate, sometimes unhappy, marriage. Did I mention she lived in the late 1700 and early 1800s? "T......more

One of the 5 reads I managed to gobble down in my last semester of grad school (in between internships at Hachette and dissertation writing!!) Loved this read! Non-fiction isn't typically my go-to drug of choice, but when it's done well, I really latch onto it. This one definitely was "well done" an......more

For those of us who love to read, hearing about an exciting movie adaptation makes us want to read the book. We, the few and the proud, will sit on our literary high horses and wait to finish the book even if it means the movie is no longer in theaters. I am one such reader and this is one such book......more

GEORGIANA - THE ORIGINAL INFLUENCER! ✨ Popsugar Reading Challenge 2019✨ ✨✨A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover✨✨ There are two types of historical biographies - the populistic ones and the scholarly ones. This definitely falls mainly into the first category, but while populistic......more