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A revealing portrait of one of the most glamorous,

influential, and notorious members of the Spencer family

Intelligent, attractive, and born into wealth, Harriet Spencer,

ancestor of Princess Diana, married Frederick, Viscount Duncannon,

at the age of nineteen. But it was her affair with Lord Granville

Leveson Gower that resulted in the birth of two children and all

but consumed Harriet’s life.

The first comprehensive biography of Lady Harriet Spencer,

Privilege & Scandal gives readers an inside look at the British

aristocracy during the decadent eighteenth century, while bringing

one of the era’s most intriguing women to life.

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Janet Gleeson studied English and art history at Nottingham

University. She is the author of The Arcanum, a #1 Sunday Times

bestseller in the U.K., and The Moneymaker, which was published in

the United States as The Millionaire. She lives in Dorset with her

husband, three children, and two dogs.--From the Hardcover

edition.

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“Long before Princess Diana, another member of the Spencer clan

lived a whirlwind life of high fashion, marital indiscretion, and

harsh media attention . . . [a] page-turner.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Janet Gleeson’s book is a delight, shedding new light on the

fascinating Harriet Spencer, sister of the famous Georgiana,

Duchess of Devonshire, mother of Byron’s mistress, Lady Caroline

Lamb, and distant relative of Diana, Princess of Wales. I found

Gleeson’s intimate portrait of Harriet’s complex social, sensual

and family life utterly absorbing.”

—Sarah Bradford, New York Times bestselling author of Diana and

Elizabeth

“Harriet Bessborough, witty, beautiful and a fool for love, was a

star of the Whig aristocracy, born at the epicentre of one of the

most glamorous, the most powerful, the most indulged societies, the

world has ever known. It is astonishing that her biography has

never been written until now, Privilege and Scandal reads like a

novel and I couldn’t put it down.”

—Julian Fellowes, Academy Award-Winning author of Gosford

Park

“The right blend of well-told history and insight into the personal

and domestic…smoothly and elegantly written.”

—Margaret Forster, author of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A

Biography

“A highly readable biography...(an) intelligent and wonderfully

vivid portrait.”

—Daily Mail (UK)

“A truly absorbing window on a unique period of history-and an

entirely unique woman.”

—Glasgow Evening Times

“An enthralling biography ... conveyed with style and brio.”

—The Good Book Guide (UK)

From the Hardcover edition.

书籍介绍

A revealing portrait of one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious members of the Spencer family

Intelligent, attractive, and born into wealth, Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Princess Diana, married Frederick, Viscount Duncannon, at the age of nineteen. But it was her affair with Lord Granville Leveson Gower that resulted in the birth of two children and all but consumed Harriet’s life.

The first comprehensive biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, Privilege & Scandal gives readers an inside look at the British aristocracy during the decadent eighteenth century, while bringing one of the era’s most intriguing women to life.