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The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess---In Her Own Words

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The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess---In Her Own WordsA new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an English Duke. She sailed to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home Blenheim Palace. She was the real American heiress who lived long

A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir--the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey

Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an English Duke. She sailed to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home--Blenheim Palace. She was the real American heiress who lived long before Downton Abbey's Lady Grantham arrived.

Mme. Balsan is an unsnobbish and amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and downstairs and a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties, and major state occasions she attended or hosted chronicling her encounters with every important figure of the day--from Queen Victoria, Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas and the young Winston Churchill.

The Glitter and the Gold is a richly enjoyable memoir is a revealing portrait of a golden age now being celebrated every week behind the doors of Downton Abbey.



Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 10/02/2012
ISBN: 9781250017185
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 47
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