Chatsworth, the Regency, the Gilded Age
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I haven’t read anything by David Starkey (I don’t think!) I’ll check him out.
You mention Chatsworth. I’m looking forward to a trip there this fall. I got the book The House: Living at Chatsworth by the present Duchess after I read Georgiana. Then I realized that the Duchess is one of the famous Mitford sisters so I had to read The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family. I don’t know why I find this all so fascinating but I really do!
I did the same thing after I visited Bleinham Palace. I was so struck by the portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt. I read her book The Glitter and The Gold and then a really fun book To Marry an English Lord, It’s all about how the American heiresses were married off to the English aristocracy. There is a new book about Consuelo and her mother Alva that is wonderful- Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Mother and Daughter in The Gilded Age.
Recently I’ve been into the Regency period. I just finished An Elegant Madness; High Society in Regency England. This is very gossipy and is all about Georgiana’s era-amazing.
As you say, it’s fun to recognize the people in portraits. They always look so staid and proper THEN you find out the real story!
You mention Chatsworth. I’m looking forward to a trip there this fall. I got the book The House: Living at Chatsworth by the present Duchess after I read Georgiana. Then I realized that the Duchess is one of the famous Mitford sisters so I had to read The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family. I don’t know why I find this all so fascinating but I really do!
I did the same thing after I visited Bleinham Palace. I was so struck by the portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt. I read her book The Glitter and The Gold and then a really fun book To Marry an English Lord, It’s all about how the American heiresses were married off to the English aristocracy. There is a new book about Consuelo and her mother Alva that is wonderful- Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Mother and Daughter in The Gilded Age.
Recently I’ve been into the Regency period. I just finished An Elegant Madness; High Society in Regency England. This is very gossipy and is all about Georgiana’s era-amazing.
As you say, it’s fun to recognize the people in portraits. They always look so staid and proper THEN you find out the real story!
