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Description: Good. 1953-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Very Good. 0704100029 Very Good-An excellent copy. Softcover. Previous owner's name written on top of the first page along with a date. Pages sharp and clean. No marks or highlighting in text. Wear to the cover corner tips. Creasing on the spine and a crease on the front cover top corner tip. Cover lays flat. This book has NOT been marked as a remainder by the publisher. Accurate Detailed Descriptions with Fast Shipping and Robust Packaging. YEL119S. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: George Mann Books
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780704100022ISBN:0704100029
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: George Mann Books
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780704100022ISBN:0704100029
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: George Mann Ltd, Maidstone (40 Bower Mount Rd, Maidstone, Kent)
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780704100022ISBN:0704100029
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. No Remainder Mark, No Damage. Ship twice daily. xii, 270, [24]p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits. Originally published, London: Heinemann, 1953. Includes index. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heinemann
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good. Minor shelfware to the cover of the book. Previous owners name to the opening page. Light foxing to some page. A good reader Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. read more
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: George Mann, Maidstone
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780704100022ISBN:0704100029
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint in paperback format, 8vo, 270pp, photo illustrations, card covers, light edge wear, still VG Copy. read more
"Useful as social history, terrible as autobiography -- especially if, like me, you're looking for the gossip and personal revelation (homegirl was forced into marriage with British duke but eventually sought divorce and remarried, all of this before World War I - nice, right?) that the author's impeccable manners make impossible. I wanted a soft-centered chocolate, but this book is a hard candy."
"I went through a period of reading about American heiresses who were married off to British aristocracy. This, obviously, was the primary example of that type of bargain. The Duchess-to-be almost had cold feet at the altar . . . she kept the crowd at the church waiting a considerable time before she showed up for the ceremony that her mother had planned, schemed for and wholly arranged. Mis-matched and unhappy, Consuelo, nevertheless, did her best to fulfill her role as the Lady of the Manor, which was being rebuilt with her money, but her husband little cared for her and maintained "other arrangements." Eventually she bore him two sons to carry on the family name, and then, once the sons were of an age to bear it, if not perhaps understand, she separated from the Duke. Later, there was a divorce and she was happily married to someone from within her own set; they spent their remaining years on the Continent. This was a frank and honest book, that perhaps could not have been written until now, when class lines have ceased to mean what they did. It portrays a riveting picture of society manipulating and a heart-rending one of poor Consuelo trying so hard, and with absolutely no help anywhere."
"I think I'd enjoy a third person biography of Consuelo Vanderbilt-- I get the sense that there's a lot more to the story than she herself presents it. Fun for fans of the gilded age, but for the most part not too exciting: the frivolity of the London season is so tiring; weekend hunting parties at Blenheim palace are ever so tiring for the hostess; etc. Then, in the last twenty pages, the story becomes completely and unexpectedly gripping as the author and her husband are trying to get out of the way of the Nazi invasion of France. A decent read all in all, if a bit slack toward the middle."
"Interesting after visiting Blenheim Palace. Consuelo was an heiress to the Vanderbilt fortune. Her mother forced her into a marriage in the English aristocracy for the prestige. She was literally locked in her room and not allowed contact with the outside world. This was before telephones etc. and they had many servants with strict orders to watch her. The Duke of Marlborough wasn't in love with her and vice versa but her money helped maintain his palace. After many years of unhappy marriage and producing an heir and a spare, they were divorced. I enjoyed the book grudgingly. Her life was extremely full and interesting. From the gilded age to the beginning of WWII, her life was full of interesting and famous people. It was amazing that she wrote this book herself. There in lies the problem. I could have done with a lot less wordiness and French phrases (almost as if to show she was very sophisticated more than to tell the story). The story could have been told a lot simpler. It did however spark my interest enough to buy the book "Consuelo and Alva" about the relationship between her and her mother."
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