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To Marry an English Lord

Autor Gail MacColl, Carol MCD Wallace
en Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2012
BOOK THAT INSPIRED DOWNTON ABBEY Here is the American Heiress's 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 heavily illustrated and an energetic presentation of popular history
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ISBN-13: 9780761171959
ISBN-10: 0761171959
Pagini: 403
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Workman Publishing

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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 realm--among 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, and the world of the television series, Downton Abbey.

In all, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles. Filled with a wealth of historical personalities, grand houses, gossipy anecdotes, and a feature called comme il faut--the very finest points of etiquette that ruled Victorian and Edwardian society--To Marry an English Lord is their story.

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