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Author Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt.

Title The glitter and the gold : the American duchess-in her own words / Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  929.7 BALSAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B BALSAN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department  B BASLAN, CONSUELO VANDERBILT c.2  Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B BASLAN, CONSUELO VANDERBILT    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  B BALSAN    DUE 04-11-24
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-BALSAN, C.    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xiv, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "First published in Great Britain [c1953] by George Mann Books"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Contents The world of my youth -- A debutante of the '90s -- A marriage of convenience -- Mistress of Blenheim Palace -- Red carpet and protocol -- The Queen is dead, long live the King! -- Deed of separation -- A new life unfolds -- A marriage of love -- Lou Sueil: friends and neighbours -- Saint Georges-Motel: peaceful summers -- A corner of France, 1940.
Summary A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir--the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey. Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an English Duke. She sailed to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home--Blenheim Palace. She was the real American heiress who lived long before Downton Abbey's Lady Grantham arrived. Mme. Balsan is an unsnobbish and amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and downstairs and a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties, and major state occasions she attended or hosted chronicling her encounters with every important figure of the day--from Queen Victoria, Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas and the young Winston Churchill. The Glitter and the Gold is a richly enjoyable memoir is a revealing portrait of a golden age now being celebrated every week behind the doors of Downton Abbey.-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt.
Churchill family.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
France -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781250017185 hardcover
1250017181 hardcover
9781250017192 (e-book)
125001719X (e-book)
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