![]() Editoria l Reviews From Publishers Weekly This delightful account of how American heiresses in the post-Civil War era packed up their trun ks and went husband-hunting in England demonstrates that our nati onal infatuation with British aristocracy is nothing new. ![]() ![]() Filled with vivid personalit ies, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period deta ils-plus photographs, illustrations, quotes, and the finer point s of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette-To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible. ![]() ![]() From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 Amer ican heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles- just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Do wnton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create aft er reading To Marry An English Lord. ![]()
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