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Whilst working on a Work Placement at Chatsworth House, I was given the opportunity to look through the vast archives, which included private poetry written by Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire (Keira Knightly), was the original people’s princess. Like her direct descendent, Princess Diana of Wales, Georgiana was a woman of ravishing beauty ...
I was hesitant on running this, but there's nothing better this week, so why not? Keira Knightley stars as Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire and Ralph Fiennes stars as the Duke of Devonshire ...
As "The Duchess" tells it, the only thing Georgiana wanted from her marriage to the cold-fish Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) was genuine affection. The only thing he wanted was a male heir.
According to Amanda Foreman’s Whitbread Prize–winning 1998 biography of the fifth Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish had a bridal trousseau consisting of 65 pairs of shoes, 48 ...
Pic’s marketing campaign has made much of the fact that its subject was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. As painstakingly detailed in “Georgiana, Duchess of ...
From the opening scenes of “The Duchess,” it’s clear that 18th Century aristocrat Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) is in for a jarring disappointment of a marriage. When her mother ...
Not Sarah Palin or Hillary Clinton. We're talking Georgiana, the 18th-century Duchess of Devonshire. In "The Duchess," she's played by Keira Knightley, who matches the poise and depth of her Oscar ...
Saul Dibb's lavishly pretty historical romance, about an 18th century aristocrat with a penchant for politics and politicians, gets beyond the gilded surfaces to show the constrictions — and the ...
The royal treatment The Duchess is the story of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who — even before her 18th birthday — was on her way to marry a Duke. What begins as every girl’s fantasy ...
Paramount Vantage Keira Knightley, left, Hayley Atwell and big hats.While watching the delectable costume drama "The Duchess," we're meant to see parallels between Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of ...
As painstakingly detailed in “Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire,” Amanda Foreman’s bestselling biography (adapted here by Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen and Dibb), Georgiana was a ...