The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan - ISBN: 9781444730999
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Forced marriage, English dukedom, Blenheim Palace: wealth couldn’t buy happiness.

The Glitter and the Gold

The intimate, revealing Golden Age memoir from the 9th Duchess of Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    8 May 2012

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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
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 Life

Wonderfully evocative […] now reissued in an elegant new edition’ - Country Life

Wonderfully evocative […] now reissued in an elegant new edition’ - Country Life

About 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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