So You Think You Want to Be a Nobleman?
byContrary to common belief, it wasn’t easy or painless to be elevated to the peerage. In fact, there were many hidden costs associated with…
Aristocracy
Lady Angela Forbes on her Debut in Society
byLady Angela Forbes was born Lady Angela Selina Bianca St Clair-Erskine (1876–1950) to the rakish 4th Earl of Rosslyn and his wife, the former…
La Belle Époque Paris and Its Society
byFrance may have been a Republic, but the glories of its aristocracy lived on. Granted, the upheaval of the last one hundred years resulted…