Janet Gleeson
Privilege And Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana
Daughter of a prominent family, sister to the infamous Duchess of Devonshire, Harriet Spencer lived in a universe of sophisticated,…
The Thief Taker
After the death of her husband, Agnes Meadowes obtains employment as a cook. Working in London for the Blanchards, a…
An Aristocratic Affair: The life of Georgiana’s Sister, Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough
Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough, had always been overshadowed by her more flamboyant sister, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire but she…
The Serpent in the Garden
In 1766, portrait painter Joshua Pope is spending some months at Astley, Herbert Bentnick’s estate in Richmond. Pope has been…
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