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To Marry an English Lord

By: Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles - just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details-plus quotes and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette - To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible.

(P)2014 Tantor Great Britain Sociology United States England Europe Americas

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"In your very flattering article about books that might please fans of Downton Abbey, I was sorry that one title was missing: To Marry an English Lord.... It is a marvelous and entertaining study." (Julian Fellowes, writer and creator of Downton Abbey)
Fascinating Historical Information • Informative Content • Excellent Narration • Engaging Social History • Witty Reading

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if you're interested in Edwardian history between England and the US you'll find this book rather interesting

better than expected

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a lot of it really interesting information and juicy gossip about a fascinating time in history

fascinating

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I loved it, learning about the Gilded Age is fun. This book gives a lot of knowledge she was well researched.

Loved it

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This is an interesting list of facts about young wealthy young American women who traded their wealth for social status and a British title. Later the young men who owned those titles but whose estates no longer supported them came to America hoping to meet these young women. But it is just a list of who did what when and superficially why.

Perhaps its true, money does not equal happiness

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This is very interesting. I see a few one star reviews because people don’t seem to have understood it is supposed to be a nonfiction book. comparing it to Downton Abbey is weird, because this is not fiction. Anyway, it was fascinating, and the narration was fantastic.

Of Course it’s non-fiction

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