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. . de Courcy is excellent on the cultural clashes between the Americans and British.”“Cleverly researched, sparkling with diamonds and wickedly funny.” “An acidly funny account of the unholy alliance between eye-wateringly rich and socially ambitious American women and a clutch of impoverished British peers .
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This book provides a different perspective on the gilded age and why so many wealthy American women were anxious to marry their daughters off into the European, especially English, aristocracy.
Englishmen found the dollar princesses irresistible and were drawn to their vitality, social ease and lack of stuffiness .
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. de Courcy is excellent on the cultural clashes between the Americans and British.”“Cleverly researched, sparkling with diamonds and wickedly funny.” “An acidly funny account of the unholy alliance between eye-wateringly rich and socially ambitious American women and a clutch of impoverished British peers . Anne de Courcy is the author of many widely acclaimed works of social history and biography, including 1939: THE LAST SEASON, MARGOT AT WAR, THE FISHING FLEET, THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS and DEBS AT WAR.
Her books DIANA MOSLEY and SNOWDON; THE BIOGRAPHY were turned into television documentaries., while THE HUSBAND HUNTERS has been optioned for a feature film.
This is a very interesting, detailed, and factual account of how New York families raised their social standing by marrying their daughters into the English landed gentry.
Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
The book serves to remind us that social coverage has always followed money, regardless of the lack of any redeeming qualities. American girls were plucky but lacking intellectual curiosity. Those Wild Wyndhams: Three Sisters at the Heart of Power
The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
De Courcy conjures it all with skill.” ―“Anglophiles fascinated by the intricate tribal codes of the British upper classes will find plenty to feed their interest in this narrative...if we’re looking to history to better understand our own time, "de Courcy brings the Victorian and Edwardian eras vibrantly to life with her meticulously well-researched book, conveyed in an approachable prose style...A highly readable social history that contains all of the juicy drama of a prime-time soap opera."
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What I found most interesting was how the American wealthy women and the English aristocratic women compared and contrasted.
. . de Courcy is excellent on the cultural clashes between the Americans and British.”“Cleverly researched, sparkling with diamonds and wickedly funny.” “An acidly funny account of the unholy alliance between eye-wateringly rich and socially ambitious American women and a clutch of impoverished British peers .
Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations The Million Dollar Duchesses: How America’s Heiresses Seduced the Aristocracy Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018
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Beautifully written.
.
Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort
We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.
Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Please try again. The husband hunters might appear to be wealthy American young women hoping to marry into the English aristocracy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
This book provides a different perspective on the gilded age and why so many wealthy American women were anxious to marry their daughters off into the European, especially English, aristocracy.
Englishmen found the dollar princesses irresistible and were drawn to their vitality, social ease and lack of stuffiness .
.
. de Courcy is excellent on the cultural clashes between the Americans and British.”“Cleverly researched, sparkling with diamonds and wickedly funny.” “An acidly funny account of the unholy alliance between eye-wateringly rich and socially ambitious American women and a clutch of impoverished British peers . Anne de Courcy is the author of many widely acclaimed works of social history and biography, including 1939: THE LAST SEASON, MARGOT AT WAR, THE FISHING FLEET, THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS and DEBS AT WAR.
Her books DIANA MOSLEY and SNOWDON; THE BIOGRAPHY were turned into television documentaries., while THE HUSBAND HUNTERS has been optioned for a feature film.
This is a very interesting, detailed, and factual account of how New York families raised their social standing by marrying their daughters into the English landed gentry.
Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
The book serves to remind us that social coverage has always followed money, regardless of the lack of any redeeming qualities. American girls were plucky but lacking intellectual curiosity. Those Wild Wyndhams: Three Sisters at the Heart of Power
The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
De Courcy conjures it all with skill.” ―“Anglophiles fascinated by the intricate tribal codes of the British upper classes will find plenty to feed their interest in this narrative...if we’re looking to history to better understand our own time, "de Courcy brings the Victorian and Edwardian eras vibrantly to life with her meticulously well-researched book, conveyed in an approachable prose style...A highly readable social history that contains all of the juicy drama of a prime-time soap opera."
.
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.
What I found most interesting was how the American wealthy women and the English aristocratic women compared and contrasted.