![]() ![]() King, “To Marry An English Lord” has proved relevant time and again. Whether a new Jane Austen fanfic or a re-read of “A Monstrous Regime of Women,” the second book in the Sherlock Holmes-Mary Russell series by Laurie R. Since I stumbled upon this book, I’ve been amazed at how much better I can understand the subtleties found in so many other books, some of which I had previously thought I knew backwards and forwards. ![]() Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details–plus photographs, illustrations, quotes, and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette–To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible. Story Summary: 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. ![]()
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