Gleeson, Janet
Privilege and scandal : the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana / Remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana Janet Gleeson - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, [2007] - xix, 419 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
The eligible match 1761-1780 --
Marriage and motherhood 1780-1782 --
Birth and bereavement 1783 --
Politics and play 1784 --
Ungovernable passions 1784-1786 --
Sheridan 1787-1790 --
The root of all evil 1791 --
A test of loyalty November 1791-1792 --
Unexpected departures 1792-1793 --
The meeting 1794 --
Friendship 1794-1796 --
The start of the affair 1797 --
Extravagance and ruin 1798-1799 --
The secret child 1800 --
Peace and love 1801-1802 --
Paris 1802-1803 --
Intrigues 1803-1804 --
Separation 1804 --
Defamation and disturbance 1805 --
Heartbreak 1806 --
The rivals 1807-1808 --
Harryo 1808-1809 --
New perspectives 1810-1811 --
Love is made of brittle stuff 1812 --
Lady Blarney 1813-1815 --
Turmoil 1815-1817 --
The last journey 1821 --
Harriet's legacy.
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.
91440
9780307381972 0307381978
2006039186
Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of 1761-1821.
Granville, Granville Leveson Gower, Earl 1773-1846.
Gower family.
Nobility--England
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
942.073092 Gle 15
Privilege and scandal : the remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana / Remarkable life of Harriet Spencer, sister of Georgiana Janet Gleeson - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, [2007] - xix, 419 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
The eligible match 1761-1780 --
Marriage and motherhood 1780-1782 --
Birth and bereavement 1783 --
Politics and play 1784 --
Ungovernable passions 1784-1786 --
Sheridan 1787-1790 --
The root of all evil 1791 --
A test of loyalty November 1791-1792 --
Unexpected departures 1792-1793 --
The meeting 1794 --
Friendship 1794-1796 --
The start of the affair 1797 --
Extravagance and ruin 1798-1799 --
The secret child 1800 --
Peace and love 1801-1802 --
Paris 1802-1803 --
Intrigues 1803-1804 --
Separation 1804 --
Defamation and disturbance 1805 --
Heartbreak 1806 --
The rivals 1807-1808 --
Harryo 1808-1809 --
New perspectives 1810-1811 --
Love is made of brittle stuff 1812 --
Lady Blarney 1813-1815 --
Turmoil 1815-1817 --
The last journey 1821 --
Harriet's legacy.
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.
91440
9780307381972 0307381978
2006039186
Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of 1761-1821.
Granville, Granville Leveson Gower, Earl 1773-1846.
Gower family.
Nobility--England
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
942.073092 Gle 15