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From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles-just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details-plus photographs, illustrations, quotes, and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette-To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible.
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AMERICAN HEIRESSES TAKE ON THE PEERAGE
About the Author:
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
Gail MacColl is the author of several books, including Inside Oscar : The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards and The Book of Cards for Kids. Gail lives in England.Carol McD. Wallace has written over twenty books, including the historical novel Leaving Van Gogh. She has written on various subjects, including humor, parenting, and social history. Carol lives in New York.
Stage actress Kate Reading has been a freelance narrator for over twenty years. She has received multiple Audie Awards and nominations, as well as numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named her Narrator of the Year and, for two years running, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Stage actress Kate Reading has been a freelance narrator for over twenty years. She has received multiple Audie Awards and nominations, as well as numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named her Narrator of the Year and, for two years running, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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- PublisherTantor Media, Inc
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1494531461
- ISBN 13 9781494531461
- BindingAudio CD
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