To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery in the Gilded Age (An Inspiration for Downton Abbey)
Mar 2012 · Hachette+ORM
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âMarvelous and entertaining.â âJulian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey
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Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and HBOâs The Gilded Age, the heiressesâincluding a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)âwho 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 thatâs still scorching.
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Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and HBOâs The Gilded Age, the heiressesâincluding a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)âwho 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 thatâs still scorching.
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âMarvelous and entertaining.â âJulian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey
Â
Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and HBOâs The Gilded Age, the heiressesâincluding a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)âwho staked their...
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Gail MacColl Jarrett is a writer who lives in England.
Gail MacColl Jarrett is a writer who lives in England.
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