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Here is the American heiresses' story. Filled with tales of wealth and marriage, sex and snobbery-and 100-year-old gossip that's still scorching. To Marry An English Lord is a heavily illustrated and energetically presented popular history. A rich tapestry of essays, sidebars, fact-filled boxes, and lively anecdotes-combined with a wealth of portraits, photographs, drawings, and other rare Victoriana. It chronicles the story of how over 100 heiresses swapped dollars for titles.
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AMERICAN HEIRESSES TAKE ON THE PEERAGE
In 1895, nine American girls, including a Vanderbilt (railroads), LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), Rogers (oil) and Whitney (New York trolleys), married peers of the British realmoXamong them, a duke, an earl, three barons and a knight. It was the peak year of a social phenomenon that began in the Gilded Age after the Civil War and handed down the legacy of Anglomania, Preppies, the Jet Set, even Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, offspring of such Anglo-American alliances. In all, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles. TO MARRY AN ENGLISH LORD is their story.
The book thato_s comme il faut
Tales of wealth and marriage, sex and snobbery, featuring:
Ñh Stuffy Old New York and Mrs. Astoro_s oß400or
Ñh Pushy Mamas, Wall Street Fathers & The Quest for Class
Ñh Edward, The Prince of Wales Who Loved Rich American Girls
Ñh The Marriage Contract, Keeping House in a Castle, Doing Your Wifely Duty: The Heir & the Spare
Ñh Complete with: the Parties, the Clothes, the Scandals, the Love Affairs, and 100-Year-Old Gossip Thato_s Still Scorching
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Tells the stories of wealthy nineteenth-century American heiresses who married British nobelman.
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- PublisherWorkman Publishing
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0894809393
- ISBN 13 9780894809392
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages403
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