To marry an English Lord / by Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace ; [illustrations by David Cain].
Publication details: New York, NY : Workman Pub., 2012.Description: x, 403 p. : ill ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780761171959
- 0761171959
- Upper class -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
- Nobility -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Marriage -- England -- History -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918
- 974.7/1041 23
- 392.5/086/210942 23
- F128.47 .M16 2012
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 974.7 MAC | Available | 053915 |
"Tales of wealth and marriage, sex and snobbery"--Cover.
Originally published: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-370) and index.
The buccaneers. Old New York ; Rule Britannia ; Pushy mamas ; The first marriages -- The fair invaders. A turn in the tide ; Audacity & innocence ; The siege of London ; The competition ; Poor peers ; The self-made girls' wedding -- American heiresses : what will you bid? He stoops to conquer ; The plutocrats' daughters ; The match of the century ; She is now a duchess ; The American aristocrat's wedding -- Married heiresses. Happily ever after ; American wives & English husbands ; The heir & the spare ; Châtelaine, or, Where the money went ; Survival of the fastest ; At long last, love -- The new heiresses. Vivat rex ; Entertaining Edward ; The last marriages ; Till death or the judge do us part : the American heiresses divorce -- An American heiress directory ; Walking tour of the American heiresses' London.
Read about a unique set of American women cutting a swath through stodgy 19th century British aristocracy. The book covers not just who they were but the lows and the triumphs of their inter-continental marriages. Also included are many fascinating details on how they dressed and what they had to go through.
