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To Marry an English Lord

Tales of Wealth and Marriage,Sex and Snobbery

Author: Gail MacColl and Carol McD Wallace  

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To Marry an English Lord
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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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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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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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About the Author

Gail MacColl Jarrett is a writer who lives in England.

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Gilded Age 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 two television series, Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age . 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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Product Details

Publisher
Workman Publishing
Published
16th April 2012
Pages
403
ISBN
9780761171959

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16 Nov, 2021
It's a very enjoyable book, well written, that you can imagine what it must have been like back in the day. Plenty of photos and humour.
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09 Jun, 2017
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