To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery in the Gilded Age (an Inspiration for Downton Abbey)

"Marvelous and entertaining." --Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey

Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and HBO's The Gilded Age, the heiresses--including a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)--who 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 that's still scorching.


Author: Gail MacColl, Carol MCD Wallace
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 03/15/2012
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.04w x 0.92d
ISBN13: 9780761171959
ISBN10: 0761171959
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Great Britain | General
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity