Transatlantic marriage bureau : how to find a husband in the gilded age

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Label

Transatlantic marriage bureau : how to find a husband in the gilded age

Title remainder

how to find a husband in the gilded age

Statement of responsibility

Julie Ferry

Creator

• Ferry, Julie

Subject

• Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• History
• Americans -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

In 1895 nine American heiresses travelled across the Atlantic and bagged themselves husbands and titles. Though this phenomena had been happening for many years, 1895 was undoubtedly the most successful one for the unofficial marriage brokers Lady Minnie Paget and Consuelo Yzanga, Duchess of Windsor. For the English gentlemen the girls married it was a way to sustain their land, houses and all of the trappings of aristocracy. For the girls, who came from new money and were therefore not part of the American social elite, marriage was a means to obtaining the social prestige they craved. This book tells the story of these 9 women - the seasons, the parties, the money and the titles - always with one eye on the remarkable women who made it happen behind the scenes

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 941'.081'0922
• 941.0810922

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction