The Duchess: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Amanda Foreman

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She is the daughter of Carl Foreman, the Oscar-winning screen writer of many film classics including, The Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, and The Guns of Navarone.

Foreman, Amanda (15 August 2015). "PORTER Magazine: The Lady of the House" . Retrieved 15 January 2016– via Nancy Pelosi: Democratic Leader. Georgiana’’ (2019), was commissioned by the Buxton Festival for its 40th anniversary, and was premièred there on 7 July 2019. As was common among the aristocracy of her time, Georgiana routinely gambled for leisure and amusement. However, her gaming spiraled into a ruinous addiction made worse by her emotional instability. Recently, the History Book Club conducted a Military Series Poll. The reason that we did this was because we are launching a Military Series of book discussions similar to how we conduct the Presidential Series at the HBC.

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For this adaptation of the biography written by Amanda Foreman, director Paul Dibb has surrounded himself with a cast of renowned actors. Keira Knightley as Georgina Spencer, Ralph Fiennes as the Duke of Devonshire, Charlotte Rampling as Lady Spencer, Hayley Atwell as Lady Beth Foster and Dominic Cooper as Charles Grey. Where was The Duchessfilmed? The film was filmed in real castles in the United Kingdom On her seventeenth birthday, 7 June 1774, Lady Georgiana Spencer was married to society's most eligible bachelor, William Cavendish, the 5th Duke of Devonshire (aged 25). The wedding took place at Wimbledon Parish Church. [4] It was a small ceremony attended only by her parents, her paternal grandmother Lady Cowper, one of her prospective brothers-in-law, and her soon-to-be sister-in-law, the Duchess of Portland. Her parents were emotionally reluctant to let their daughter go, but she was wed to one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the land. Her father, who had always shown affection to his children, wrote to her, "My Dearest Georgiana, I did not know till lately how much I loved you; I miss you more every day and every hour". Mother and daughter continued to correspond throughout their lives, and many of their letters survive. [6] She was called a "phenomenon" [7] by Horace Walpole who proclaimed, "[she] effaces all without being a beauty; but her youthful figure, flowing good nature, sense and lively modesty, and modest familiarity make her a phenomenon". [21] Madame d'Arblay, who had a preference for acquaintances of talent, found that her appeal was not generally for her beauty but for far more, which included her fine "manner, politeness, and gentle quiet." [21] Sir Nathaniel Wraxall stated that her success as an individual lay "in the amenity and graces of her deportment, in her irresistible manners, and the seduction of her society." [21]

The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. She was an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, where the quote "There were three people in her marriage" in the promotional poster comes from. Standing in these manor houses, in the actual rooms, gives you a good idea of the conditions. The cold, for example, is everywhere. It’s never the same in the studio. Here, you have more of a feeling of understanding who these people were, how they lived, what their reality was,” said actress Keira Knightley during the movie’s promotion. A grandiose adaptation, reinforced by the costumes of Michael O’Connor, who also won the Oscar for best costume design in 2009 for this movie. Foreman, Amanda (11 July 2014). "Famous Lost Words". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 15 January 2016. Foreman, Amanda (4 December 2010). "Sinn Féin should never be able to escape Jean McConville's ghost". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 May 2012. Regarding lead actress Keira Knightley, director Saul Dibb said The Duchess was "a chance to take a character from late childhood– she's married at 17– into full adulthood, 10 years later." [4] It was also a chance for Knightley to work with Ralph Fiennes, whom she regarded as one of her most accomplished co-stars to date; Dibb said, "When I said, 'We've got Ralph interested in playing the Duke,' we both took a gulp and went, 'F---.' [ sic] ... But I didn't for one second feel that she wasn't up to the task." [4] Originally, the film was to be directed by Susanne Bier. [5] Release [ edit ] Marketing [ edit ] The film advertisements which featured Diana, Princess of Wales were criticised by Knightley and Amanda Foreman, the author of the film's source material. [6]The first of her published literary works was Emma; Or, The Unfortunate Attachment: A Sentimental Novel in 1773. As the Duchess of Devonshire, she garnered much attention and fame in society during her lifetime. [1] [2] With a preeminent position in the peerage of England, the Duchess was famous for her charisma, political influence, beauty, unusual marital arrangement, love affairs, socializing, and notorious for her gambling addiction, leading to an immense debt. Georgiana was charismatic, generous, good-humored, and intelligent. Kindhearted, Georgiana instinctively wanted to help others and from a young age, happily gave her money to poor children [8] or to her desperate friends. Lady Charlotte Bury wrote of Georgiana's generosity: "when some individual came to her in pecuniary distress, she would always relieve him or her, and leave her own difficulties unprovided for. Oftentimes she was wrong in doing so. ... One must be just before one is generous. But it is impossible not to be charmed by the kindly impulse which made her, without a moment's hesitating, shield another from distress." [9] Georgiana's empathy extended towards animals as well. After noticing a starving cow in a field, Georgiana deduced its owner could not afford to feed it; she had the man found and gave him some money. [10] Georgiana starts an affair with Charles Grey. William is outraged when Georgiana suggests that since he has Bess, she should be allowed Charles. William rapes Georgiana; a male child is the product. Bess encourages the affair between Georgiana and Charles after the birth of Georgiana's son. Soon, the whole of London society learns of Georgiana's affair. William threatens to end Charles's political career and forbid Georgiana from seeing her children again if she does not end the relationship. After initially refusing, Georgiana ends her relationship with Grey but tells William that she is pregnant with Charles' child. She is sent to the countryside where she gives birth to her daughter with Grey, Eliza Courtney, who is given to the Grey family to raise as Charles' niece.