The husband hunters social climbing in London and New York
(Audiobook CD)
Author
Contributors
Corbett, Clare, narrator.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Macmillan Audio, 2018.
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9781427297877 (audiobook)
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (approximately N/A hours) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Macmillan Audio, 2018.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9781427297877 (audiobook)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-291) and index.
Participants/Performers
Read by Clare Corbett.
Description
"Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, fifty years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another world--the New World, to be precise. From 1874--the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known 'Dollar Princess', married Randolph Churchill--to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour and sophistication of the Gilded Age. Anne de Courcy sets the stories of these young women and their families in the context of their times. Based on extensive first-hand research, drawing on diaries, memoirs and letters, this richly entertaining group biography reveals what they thought of their new lives in England--and what England thought of them." -- From dust jacket.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Media - Audiobooks | BookCD 941.081 DEC | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Americans -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Audiobooks.
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.
Intercountry marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Intercountry marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Mate selection -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Mate selection -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Audiobooks.
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.
Intercountry marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Intercountry marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Mate selection -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Mate selection -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
De Courcy, A., & Corbett, C. (2018). The husband hunters: social climbing in London and New York (Unabridged.). Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Courcy, Anne and Clare, Corbett. 2018. The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Courcy, Anne and Clare, Corbett. The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York Macmillan Audio, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)De Courcy, Anne,, and Clare Corbett. The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York Unabridged., Macmillan Audio, 2018.
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