A personal and horticultural tour of the 400-year-old gardens at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. The Duchess of Devonshire takes the reader on a stroll through the garden, describing its creation and the changes and restorations both the Duke and Duchess have made.

Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England.

The almost legendary palace of Chatsworth has been presided over by the same family for more than 450 years. Here, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire tells the story of the estate that surrounds it. Many within a couple of miles of the house were inspired by the imagination of one of the dukes. It is these that the Duchess describes.

* A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in England.

Chatsworth is one of England's ten most visited great houses. In this tour of the house, the Duchess takes the reader into the private as well as the public rooms, and goes behind the scenes to explain the management of the household and the work of the staff needed to keep it going.

* ' An overwhelmingly thorough survey of the subject and period' Suzi Feay, Independent on Sunday * 200 unique images from the Country Life archive superbly reproduced in colour and duotone