Review of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

t may be an extremely well researched book, and the most complete book on her life, but the number of footnotes and excerpts from the Duchess's own letters keep it from flowing - it makes an acceptable textbook, not a biography. Also the constant contradictions and unnecessarily old-fashioned and uncommon vocabulary make it hard to stay interested. The Duchess herself was fascinating, and somehow the author has made this book a slog.