Anne de Courcy
The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married Into the British Aristocracy
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This non-fiction book reads more vividly than many novels. The husband hunters might appear to be wealthy American young women hoping to marry ...Read Review
The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York
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This book follows the late 19th and early 20th-century ‘invasion’ of Europe by an influx of wealthy Americans. Between 1874 and 1914, one hundred American ...Read Review
Margot at War
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Margot Asquith was the wife of the early 20th century British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. By 1912 her personality, her background, her appearance and ...Read Review
The Fishing Fleet
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From the 19th to the mid-20th century, upper middle-class British families had a problem: there weren’t enough suitable men for their ...Read Review
