Comments on: The American Heiress http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/ la belle epoque in our modern world Tue, 22 May 2012 00:16:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pamela http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-22094 Pamela Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:24:02 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-22094 The fact of the matter is an heiress had to pay big money in order to be one of the English nobility. grace Kelly's father had to give up 2 million dollars so his daughter could marry Prince Ranier yet the publicity machine would have the masses believe it was a love match. None of these marriages were ever love matches. They were business deals The fact of the matter is an heiress had to pay big money in order to be one of the English nobility. grace Kelly’s father had to give up 2 million dollars so his daughter could marry Prince Ranier yet the publicity machine would have the masses believe it was a love match. None of these marriages were ever love matches. They were business deals

]]> By: Evangeline Holland http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-11362 Evangeline Holland Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:09:20 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-11362 I've read it twice. It's very good, but academic, since it was Montgomery's dissertation. I don't believe there are any plans to reissue the book, but Dr. Montgomery can be contacted at:maur...@canterbury.ac.nz I’ve read it twice. It’s very good, but academic, since it was Montgomery’s dissertation. I don’t believe there are any plans to reissue the book, but Dr. Montgomery can be contacted at:maur...@canterbury.ac.nz

]]> By: Alastair http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-11358 Alastair Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:11:43 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-11358 Has anyone read Maureen E Montgomery's book Gilded Prostitution ? It seems very hard to find. Has anyone read Maureen E Montgomery’s book Gilded Prostitution ? It seems very hard to find.

]]> By: Evangeline Holland http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-7838 Evangeline Holland Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:45:03 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-7838 Mwaha! It's a part of my plot for world domination. Mwaha! It’s a part of my plot for world domination.

]]> By: Sherry Thomas http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-7790 Sherry Thomas Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:29:04 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-7790 LOL, any time I'm looking for a subject in the Edwardian era, Google search leads me straight to you, Evangeline. :-) LOL, any time I’m looking for a subject in the Edwardian era, Google search leads me straight to you, Evangeline. :-)

]]> By: alastair http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-536 alastair Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:39:19 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-536 I love reading about the Gilded Age. Mainly the social aspects. Please can we have some more posts on it. Think I've got nearly all the books on your list. Anyone email if you want to chat about the gilded age alas...@hotmail.com I love reading about the Gilded Age. Mainly the social aspects. Please can we have some more posts on it. Think I’ve got nearly all the books on your list. Anyone email if you want to chat about the gilded age alas...@hotmail.com

]]> By: Ruth Brandon http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-369 Ruth Brandon Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:26:35 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-369 You should add my book, 'The Dollar Princesses: Sagas of Upward Nobility', to your list. Published by Knopf, 1980 (in the UK, Weidenfeld) You should add my book, ‘The Dollar Princesses: Sagas of Upward Nobility’, to your list. Published by Knopf, 1980 (in the UK, Weidenfeld)

]]> By: Belinda http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-40 Belinda Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:37:00 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-40 Rick, make sure to let us know when your book is complete! I'm more than interested to know the backstories of these matches. Evangeline, I'm glad we're affiliates now! I do the same thing with my resource books. I'm sure the librarians are considering to let me keep some of them because I'm pretty sure I'm the only one checking these sort of books out. Failing that, I also keep a couple of research notebooks where I write down key details that I need to remember whether I have the original book or not. Maybe try that? It's cheaper than buying all your favorite resource books. ...Though, I plan on buying my favorites anyway. Rick, make sure to let us know when your book is complete! I’m more than interested to know the backstories of these matches.

Evangeline, I’m glad we’re affiliates now! I do the same thing with my resource books. I’m sure the librarians are considering to let me keep some of them because I’m pretty sure I’m the only one checking these sort of books out. Failing that, I also keep a couple of research notebooks where I write down key details that I need to remember whether I have the original book or not. Maybe try that? It’s cheaper than buying all your favorite resource books. …Though, I plan on buying my favorites anyway.

]]> By: edwardiangaiety http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-39 edwardiangaiety Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:48:41 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-39 Thanks for your comment Burgo! I have read the Wharton, and love Ellen Olenska, but have read neither of the James's. I'll have to go check them out! Thanks for your comment Burgo!
I have read the Wharton, and love Ellen Olenska, but have read neither of the James’s. I’ll have to go check them out!

]]> By: Burgo Fitzgerald http://edwardianpromenade.com/women/the-american-heiress/#comment-38 Burgo Fitzgerald Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:30:55 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-38 Thank you for a posting that is as wise as it is informative. I would like to mention in passing some further readings, namely Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence, which portrays the memorable Countess Olenska in all of her burnished, noble beauty. In a different vein, Henry James' Princess Casamassima (whom we encounter in James' Roderick Hudson, before being auctioned off in marriage) shows the results of a marriage of an American (not an heiress but a famous beauty) into the aristocracy. I will certainly look into some of the books that are referenced, most certainly The Glitter and the Gold. Thank you for a posting that is as wise as it is informative. I would like to mention in passing some further readings, namely Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence, which portrays the memorable Countess Olenska in all of her burnished, noble beauty. In a different vein, Henry James’ Princess Casamassima (whom we encounter in James’ Roderick Hudson, before being auctioned off in marriage) shows the results of a marriage of an American (not an heiress but a famous beauty) into the aristocracy.

I will certainly look into some of the books that are referenced, most certainly The Glitter and the Gold.

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