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To Marry an English Lord

To Marry an English Lord Paperback / softback - 2012

by Gail MacColl

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Paperback / softback. New. 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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  • Title To Marry an English Lord
  • Author Gail MacColl
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Workman Publishing, New York
  • Date 2012-03-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780761171959
  • ISBN 9780761171959 / 0761171959
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 6.04 x 0.92 in (22.83 x 15.34 x 2.34 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.) - Social life and customs, England - Social life and customs - 19th
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the rear cover

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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