consuelo vanderbilt the glitter and the gold

This intimate, richly enjoyable memoir is a wonderfully revealing portrait of a golden age. How fitting Consuelo Balsan worked gold into the title of her memoir. Here are her encounters with every important figure of the day - from Queen Victoria, Edward V11 and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas, Prince Metternich and the young Winston Churchill. Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, The Glitter and the Gold I Love Books, Great Books. Read more downstairs at Blenheim Palace, she is also a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties and major state occasions she attended or hosted.

An unsnobbish, but often amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and. The 9th Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era. 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. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfil her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. : Glitter and the Gold: The Life of the Real American Duchess (9781444730975) by Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x picture sections. A fascinating insight into upstairs-downstairs life and the highest circles of Edwardian aristocracy. For fans of Downton Abbey, this is the riveting real-life story of the Vanderbilt heiress who married the Duke of Marlborough in 1895. Description for Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess, in Her Own Words Paperback.

Consuelo vanderbilt the glitter and the gold