pickEnthralling and informative, this was incredibly well done and full of pictures and stories and it was great. If you need something fun but not trashy, this is it. Great to start a new year!
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To Marry an English Lord | 
pickEnthralling and informative, this was incredibly well done and full of pictures and stories and it was great. If you need something fun but not trashy, this is it. Great to start a new year!
pickThis was a fascinating book with tons of pictures and accompanying blurbs/fun facts. The anglomania of the late 19th century/early 20th century included a lot of American heiresses marrying British aristocracy. It was a win win situation—the bankrupt Brits provided the titles and the Americans provided the cold hard cash. #paralondis
I had hoped to finish Dear Mrs Bird before I fell asleep last night to cram one more book into February, but I just couldn‘t do it.
I read a total of 15 books in February.
7 physical books
6 audiobooks
2 ebooks
Onward March!
My favorite place to read is the dance studio parking lot. Every Saturday morning I get almost two hours to read in my car while my girls have their lessons. I love it because there are no household chores calling my name and no kids interrupting me. 😂
I‘m starting these two books in anticipation of our trip to London and Paris in two months! #paralondis (hashtag inspired by Flo 😆)
The matches in these books aren't #truelove but about money. These stories, which I learned about after watching the Crawleys on Downton Abbey, are fascinating to me. #literarylove
The other books I acquired this week.
Top two: #becauseoflitsy and from Book Outlet (also got a book on college application essays for my son). I know tagged book is one @LeahBergen has 😊!
Bottom two: picked up used, and both are #1001books. ETA: What I Loved is also #1001books.
I have also been reading (duh 😉); still need to review two books I finished this week 📚!
There were a lot more than ten English Lords “leaping” at all of that Gilded Age American wealth. In total, more than 100 American heiresses of the era married into English families and swapped their inheritances for titles. 😀
#TenLordsALeaping
#12DaysOfChristmas
Book Haul #2. Bottom is a set of Fabre-Castel pencil crayons.
pickIn old New York, many mothers found their daughters shut out of society due to their Nouveaux riche status. The reception in England was quite different as the Prince of Wales was taken with the American's beauty & manners. Due in large part to his embrace of them, over 100 American heiresses traded their wealth for titles.
Fascinating read filled with photos & anecdotes. It was shocking how many of the marriages ended in divorce or annulment.
#RichGirl
In the years following the Civil War, over 100 American heiresses married into the British peerage, essentially trading their fortunes for titles. This book is heavily illustrated and written in snappy little sections of informational tidbits that make it a ton of fun to page through.
#AugustGrrrl
In general I think romance novels have the best #dressesoncovers, but I am not a big romance reader. And anyway, this is still my favorite dress on a cover ever. It is a real-life portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt when she was the Duchess of Marlborough. That dress! The book is fascinating too. #readjanuary
Day 9 of #seasonsreadings2016 is a fiction-nonfiction pairing. I choose The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton, and To Marry an English Lord by Gail McColl and Carol McD. Wallace. The Buccaneers is about four young girls whose money is too new for 19th century New York society, so they go to London and marry aristocrats there. To Marry an English Lord is the true story of the many American industrial heiresses who did just that in the 19th century.
pickThis was a great read. I've been missing Downton Abbey lately, and this made me feel so much better. It's informative and has awesome little side notes about court life and quotes from aristocrats. Without women like Lady Randolph Churchill (née Jennie Jerome), we wouldn't have gotten great men like Winston Churchill (Winston is on the right). These women were brave and bold, and they deserve to be remembered.
The English aristocrats, by the 1890s, had finally learned what to expect of the American heiress. She wouldn't pack a pistol, throw tomahawks or dance the cancan. Her voice would be loud, her dresses showy, her parents preposterous and her dowry large.
pickJust brilliant, educational, informative, picture book for adults about Anglomania era in USA.
pickWas turned toward this book from The History Chicks podcast (which is awesome). I loved this book. I find it fascinating how so many American heiresses ended up being titled British aristocracy...plus learning about the marriages behind closed doors. I wish I could have a Worth dress!
Finally finished! It was very interesting...sometimes a challenge to read because of the layout, but enjoyable. Just grab a cup of tea, coffee,glass of wine, gin and tonic or whatever and find a nice place to settle in for an afternoon read.
