Janet Gleeson

Privilege And Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana

By Janet Gleeson - Published 2007

Genres:

Nonfiction

Daughter of a prominent family, sister to the infamous Duchess of Devonshire, Harriet Spencer lived in a universe of sophisticated, morally lax aristocrats. ...Read Review

The Thief Taker

By Janet Gleeson - Published 2005 (UK)Published 2006 (UK)

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

After the death of her husband, Agnes Meadowes obtains employment as a cook. Working in London for the Blanchards, a family of once ...Read Review

An Aristocratic Affair: The life of Georgiana’s Sister, Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough

By Janet Gleeson - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough, had always been overshadowed by her more flamboyant sister, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire but she was an attractive ...Read Review

The Serpent in the Garden

By Janet Gleeson - Published 2004Published 2005

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 1766, portrait painter Joshua Pope is spending some months at Astley, Herbert Bentnick’s estate in Richmond. Pope has been commissioned to paint ...Read Review