To marry an English Lord
Book - 2012
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.
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New York, NY :
Workman Pub
[2012]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "Tales of wealth and marriage, sex and snobbery"--Cover.
Originally published: 1989. - Physical Description
- x, 403 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-370) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780761171959
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. The Buccaneers
- Old New York
- The Cut Direct
- At Home on Washington Square
- The Mrs. Astor
- Rule Britannia
- At Home on Berkeley Square
- Their Noble Lordships
- The London Season
- Pushy Mamas
- Words for Those on the Outside Wanting In
- The Age of Revenge
- Wall Street Father No. 1: The Sporting Man
- The First Marriages
- The Wilson Family Scorecard #1: May & Ogden
- The Last Word
- Chapter 2. The Fair Invaders
- A Turn in the Tide
- Calling-Card Protocol
- The Wilson Family Scorecard #2: Orme & Carrie
- The Big Showdowns
- Audacity & Innocence
- The Genius of Clothes
- Wall Street Father No. 2: The Silent Partner
- The Top Dollars
- The Siege of London
- The Flip Side: Queen Victoria's Court
- Fifth Avenue Meets the Peerage
- The Wilson Family Scorecard #3: Belle & Mungo
- Miss Daisy Miller
- The Competition
- Points in Her Campaign
- Poor Peers
- Estate Drains
- Rating a Mate
- Darling Daisy
- The Self-Made Girl's Wedding
- Chapter 3. American Heiresses: What Will You Bid?
- He Stoops to Conquer
- The Other Astors
- The Princess Diana Connection
- Duke's Progress: The English Lord's American Journey
- The Plutocrat's Daughters
- The Louis Fixation
- Wall Street Father #3: The Collector
- The Match of the Century
- Like Father, Like Son
- The Newport Schedule
- Doing the Continental
- Annus Mirabilis
- Let's Make a Deal
- She Is Now a Duchess
- The Heiress's Newport
- The Wilson Family Scorecard #4: Grace & Neily
- The American Aristocrat's Wedding
- The Vanderbilt-Whitney Show
- Chapter 4. Married Heiresses
- Happily Ever After
- Bringing Home the Bride
- A Room with a View
- American Wives & English Husbands
- Jennie Gets Pinned
- The Heir & the Spare
- "I Baptize thee Albert Edward"
- Chatelaine, or Where the Money Went
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- A Place for Everyone
- Costume Changes
- Survival of the Fastest
- In the Public Domain
- The Glitter & the Gold
- Portrait of a Lady: Sitting to Sargent
- At Long Last, Love
- A Wealth of Love
- Chapter 5. The New Heiresses
- Vivant Rex
- Thoroughly Modern Jennie
- Earning a Title
- The Great Durbar
- Devonshire House Ball
- Entertaining Edward
- Taking the Measure
- The Crowning Touch
- Out of the Past
- "I thought everyone must know"
- The Last Marriages
- Court Curtsey
- "Are there any more like you at home?"
- Till Death or the Judge Do Us Part: The American Heiress Divorce
- Epilogue
- "A Hanging Offense"
- An American Heiress Directory
- Register of American Heiresses
- Other Distinguished 19-Century Englishmen with American Wives
- Brothers Who Married Heiresses
- Cousins Who Married Heiresses
- Father-Son Duos
- Once Is Not Enough!
- The Bridesmaid Connection
- Walking Tour of the American Heiresses-London
- Bibliography/Selected Reading
- Index