简介：Chatsworth,inDerbyshire,isamongEngland'slargestandgrandestestates.ItservedtodemonstratetowealthandstatusoftheCavendishfamily,itsearls,especiallyaftertheirelevationtodukes,thehighestnon-royalpeeragerank.Itssizegeneratedenoughagriculturalrevenuetosurvivethemodernage,morerecentlysupplementedwithtourism.InitsVictorianhigh-dayitfeaturedthegrandesthothousesforathenunsurpassedcollectionoftropicalplants,themostexcessiveofvariousdazzlingdisplays.The2008movieTheDuchessportraysitsmostfamousinhabitant,Georgina,gambling-addictedwifeoftheduke,bothofwhichwereseducedbytheschemingupstartBessFoster.LateritwasthesiteofatransatlanticminorKennedyloveaffair. -WrittenbyKGFVissers…