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 &amp; 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.

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

Biographies & Memoirs

Gleeson,Janet

Community & Culture

Three Rivers Press

Tells the story of how the West learned to make porcelain, focusing on Bottger, who discovered the arcanum, or secret formula; and Herold and Kandler, artists at the new Meissen Porcelain Manufacture

The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story

History

Europe

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

The #1 bestseller in England tells the story of the obsessive pursuit of the secret formula to 18th-century Europe's most precious commodity -- fine porcelain.

Grand Central Publishing

Physical description: xii, 272 pages. ; 21 cm. Notes: Maps on endpapers. Bibliography: p. 263-166. Summary: An epic tale of power struggles, rapacious potentates and venerated alchemists, this novel recounts the incredible life story of the man who discovered the magic formula of the art of porcelain making, and the huge impact it had on the Western world at the time. Review: Chinese porcelain was much admired and collected in 17th-century Europe, and the secret of its manufacture was as eagerly sought after as the secret of turning base metal into gold, and often attempted by the same men. King Augustus of Saxony was the keenest of all seekers after the arcanum, or secret recipe; and this book narrates in great detail the involved and often dark events that eventually led to the discovery of the recipe, and the establishment of European porcelain factories, in particular at Meissen. Beauty and worth combined to make porcelain so potent a force that conspiracy, imprisonment, bribery, murder and suicide attended its history. The biography of Johann Friedrich Bottger, the imprisoned alchemist worked to death because of his claim of discovering the formula, is a book in itself, and he is only one of an extraordinary cast of enthusiastic, often misled characters in a story which is eagerly and racily told. (Kirkus UK) Subjects: Böttger, Johann Friedrich 1682-1719. Herold, Johann Gregor. Kaendler, Johann Joachim 1706-1775. Porcelain - 18th century - Europe - History - Design and construction - Manufacture. TRUE STORIES ; Handicrafts ; Modelling (in clay, wax & other plastic materials). Genre: Illustrated.

Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain

BANTAM PRESS

The Grenadillo Box

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Simon&Schuster

Signed by Author on title page. Book protected in plastic protective covering with attached Gold "Autographed Copy" Label. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding is tight.

Thief Taker, The

More than 150 illustrations depict the character and grandeur of twelve exquisite residences, from Windsor Castle to Neuschwanstein, in a tour led by leading writers on architectural and social history.

Living in a Dream: Great Residences of the World

Arts & Photography

MORRIS, JAN

Brown, Mike

Architecture

A fascinating portrait of John Law describes how the the Scottish mathematical genius, playboy, and gambler invented paper money, a creation that nearly destroyed the French economy and that transformed the world of finance and banking. 50,000 first printing.

Millionaire : The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance

Historical

In the wake of Louis XIV's death, France's government teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Enter the reformer in the unlikely guise of John Law -- a supremely charming and attractive Scot whose brilliant financial mind had thus far served only to make himself rich at the gaming tables. In one of the great image makeovers of all time, John Law recharged a devastated French economy, making him one of the most successful men in Europe. When Law founded a New World trading company, the synergistic combination of faith in his ideas and wild reports of the riches to be made in France's vast holdings in America sent the price of its shares through the roof. Investors drunk on dreams of instant wealth gave birth to the first boom-and-bust cycle -- one that created such vast wealth for shareholders that a new term was coined to describe them...millionaires.

Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance

Millionaire

Business & Money

Economics

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

The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story

The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story

Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain

The Grenadillo Box

Thief Taker, The

Living in a Dream: Great Residences of the World

Millionaire : The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance

Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance

Millionaire