Georgiana Cavendish
Introduction
The presents of Her Grace, Georgiana Cavendish the duchess of Devonshire, was a hot topic, a celebrity, amongst her peers of the eighteenth century in England. Most recognizes her as a fashion innovator, a devoted mother, a lover, a drunken gambler, a lavish hostess of the grandest parties and most of all a main supporter of the Whig Party. Intelligent, charming, and beautiful, a woman equipped with such characteristics is bound to be a “prize”, for her mother had feared. “Georgiana was not to be a child-bride.” However, just at the age of seventeen she was “arranged” to be married, during the year 1774, to William Cavendish the fifth Duke of Devonshire. To be only a wife of loyalty and to bore a male heir to continue the Cavendish’s …show more content…
During this time, Princess Diana was widespread on the news. Two years before the biography of Georgiana was released, Princess Diana and Prince Charles had decided to file divorce due to an affair. Diana then tragically died in a car crash in the year 1997 a year before the book was to be published.
Two Birds and One Stone
Icon of the fashion world, charmer of politics, English nobility Georgiana’s life and her companions were displayed beautifully by the film The Duchess. With the Spencer family genes, it seems that these two astonishing women had more in common than one thought. Cavendish did not have an easy life even though she was of nobility being innocent and ignorant of her duties of being a duchess.
The Time for Innovation
In the year 2008, it was a time for change similar to the one the film had featured. The protagonist, Georgiana, was a leader of politics a rare position for a woman who supported that the common man receive the privilege to vote and other freedoms to some who were neglected …show more content…
The “horses” race around the court twice with the winner as Mr. Charles Grey. An overseer, Duke Cavendish, discusses the “arrangement” with the Spencer family while examining his soon-to-be duchess agreeing she is to be the mother of the future heir who will become the sixth duke of Devonshire. The scene is now to the previous scene of the race; with Grey’s success, Lady Georgiana wins the bet. Minutes later Georgiana is called into the room and her mother tells her of the good news having the wedding presume a few days later where her life begins as the new
The presents of Her Grace, Georgiana Cavendish the duchess of Devonshire, was a hot topic, a celebrity, amongst her peers of the eighteenth century in England. Most recognizes her as a fashion innovator, a devoted mother, a lover, a drunken gambler, a lavish hostess of the grandest parties and most of all a main supporter of the Whig Party. Intelligent, charming, and beautiful, a woman equipped with such characteristics is bound to be a “prize”, for her mother had feared. “Georgiana was not to be a child-bride.” However, just at the age of seventeen she was “arranged” to be married, during the year 1774, to William Cavendish the fifth Duke of Devonshire. To be only a wife of loyalty and to bore a male heir to continue the Cavendish’s …show more content…
During this time, Princess Diana was widespread on the news. Two years before the biography of Georgiana was released, Princess Diana and Prince Charles had decided to file divorce due to an affair. Diana then tragically died in a car crash in the year 1997 a year before the book was to be published.
Two Birds and One Stone
Icon of the fashion world, charmer of politics, English nobility Georgiana’s life and her companions were displayed beautifully by the film The Duchess. With the Spencer family genes, it seems that these two astonishing women had more in common than one thought. Cavendish did not have an easy life even though she was of nobility being innocent and ignorant of her duties of being a duchess.
The Time for Innovation
In the year 2008, it was a time for change similar to the one the film had featured. The protagonist, Georgiana, was a leader of politics a rare position for a woman who supported that the common man receive the privilege to vote and other freedoms to some who were neglected …show more content…
The “horses” race around the court twice with the winner as Mr. Charles Grey. An overseer, Duke Cavendish, discusses the “arrangement” with the Spencer family while examining his soon-to-be duchess agreeing she is to be the mother of the future heir who will become the sixth duke of Devonshire. The scene is now to the previous scene of the race; with Grey’s success, Lady Georgiana wins the bet. Minutes later Georgiana is called into the room and her mother tells her of the good news having the wedding presume a few days later where her life begins as the new