Foreman, Amanda

Chronicles the life of Lady Georgiana Spencer, the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, discussing her success as a leader of fashionable society and hostess of an important political salon, and looking at her unhappy marriage, gambling addiction, and other less savory details of her private life.

Describes the thousands of British volunteers who traveled abroad to fight in the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865, providing firsthand accounts, and discussing the various roles they played for both the North and South.