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To marry an English Lord
- Title
- To marry an English Lord / by Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace ; [illustrations by David Cain].
- Author
- MacColl, Gail, 1954-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Workman Pub., c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 12-4085 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- x, 403 p. : ill; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Tales of wealth and marriage, sex and snobbery"--Cover.
- Originally published: 1989.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-370) and index.
- Contents
- 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 girl's 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 heiress divorce ; Epilogue -- An American heiress directory. Register of American heiresses ; Walking tour of the American heiresses' London.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-4085
- ISBN
- 9780761171959
- 0761171959
- OCLC
- 779399305
- Author
- MacColl, Gail, 1954-
- Title
- To marry an English Lord / by Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace ; [illustrations by David Cain].
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Workman Pub., c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-370) and index.
- Added Author
- Wallace, Carol, 1955-Cain, David, 1951- Illustrator
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-4085