the glitter and the gold by consuelo vanderbilt balsan

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All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days. Martin's Press (October 2, 2012) is available in hardcover. This book title, The Glitter and the Gold (The American Duchess-in Her Own Words), ISBN: 9781250017185, by Consuela Vanderbilt Balsan, published by St. 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. 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. She was the real American heiress who lived long before Downton Abbey's Lady Grantham arrived. She sailed to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home-Blenheim Palace. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an English Duke. TolkienĪ new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir-the story of the 'real' Lady Grantham of Downton AbbeyĬonsuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune.

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