The Glitter and the Gold
The intimate, revealing Golden Age memoir from the 9th Duchess of Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt
$34.32
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
8 May 2012
Summary
Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfill her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home—Blenheim Palace.
The 9th Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian er…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444730999 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444730991 |
| Author: | Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 8 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 226g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 143mm x 20mm |
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Wonderfully evocative […] now reissued in an elegant new edition’ - Country Life
Wonderfully evocative […] now reissued in an elegant new edition’ - Country LifeAbout The Author
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was born in 1877 and was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. She became the Duchess of Marlborough on her marriage to the ninth Duke of Marlborough in 1895. She died in 1964.
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