![]() Popularly known as cash-for-coronets, the marriages the wives brought extensive and well-needed funds from the US, in return for a place in upper class society. This phenomenon occurred in the latter end of the nineteenth century in to the first years of the twentieth century and describes the girls, rich American heiresses and often more fittingly their mothers, who desired marriage with gentlemen from the British aristocracy. In this latest book she examines the invasion of the ‘husband-hunters’ from the US into the British peerage. ![]() ![]() Her well-received, serialised for TV, biographies discuss the impact of prevailing financial and social conditions, contemporary attitudes and moral codes on her subjects’ lives. Anne de Courcy is a best-selling writer, journalist and book reviewer who has received critical acclaim for her works depicting the rich social history of past eras. ![]()
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