In a gilded cage
Subtitle: from heiress to duchess
By: Marian Fowler.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Description: In the tradition of Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence, this is an intimate nonfiction look at the lives of celebrated American heiresses who married into Britich nobility.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-319).