Friday Book Into Movie
BOOK INTO MOVIE
I love Historical Fiction. This movie based on The Duchess by Amanda Foreman comes to the theaters September 19th. The movie stars Keira Knightly as Georgiana Spencer and Ralph Fiennes as William Cavendish, The Duke of Devonshire. I haven’t read the book but the book and the movie are both on my list to read and watch. Have any of you read this book? Is it worth the time? Here is a synopsis of the book. Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England’s richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana’s public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.
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