Secrets, Scandals & Three Sparkling Sisters.
The Glorious Guinness Girls are the toast of London & Dublin society.
Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful & 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 fulfil her social ambitions & marry an English Duke. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 & 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 era. An unsnobbish, but often amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs & downstairs at Blenheim Palace, she is also a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties & major state occasions she attended or hosted. Here are her encounters with every important figure of the day
- from Queen Victoria, Edward V11 & Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas, Prince Metternich & the young Winston Churchill.
This intimate, richly enjoyable memoir is a wonderfully revealing portrait of a golden age, 19.7 x 12.8 x 1.8, pages 290.