To Marry an English Lord
Books | History / United States / 20th Century
3.5
Gail MacColl
Carol McD. Wallace
“Marvelous and entertaining.” —Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and HBO’s The Gilded Age, the heiresses—including a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)—who staked their ground in England, swapping dollars for titles and marrying peers of the British realm. Filled with vivid personalities, grand houses, dashing earls, and a wealth of period details and quotes on the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette, To Marry an English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible. Sex, snobbery, humor, social triumphs (and gaffes), are all recalled in marvelous detail, complete with parties, clothes, scandals, affairs, and 100-year-old gossip that’s still scorching.
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Author
Gail MacColl
Pages
416
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Published Date
2012-03-15
ISBN
0761171983 9780761171980
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"So interesting!! And to think it's true! Beautiful wealthy women raised to marry a distant member of royalty for the title. All because they were snubbed for having new money. #gildedage "
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Emylou
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