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Chargement... The American Heiress: A Novel (original 2010; édition 2012)par Daisy Goodwin
Information sur l'oeuvreLa dernière duchesse par Daisy Goodwin (2010)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. An easy read, this is the story of Cora, one of the fabulously rich "noveau riche" of American standards, who marries into a semi-impoverished Dukedom in England. As she makes her way in married life, she begins to realise that there are many different unwritten and unspoken rules she doesnt know and that even the servants can know the score better than her. Meanwhile her maid Bertha - so pale she could *almost* pass as white, learns to adjust to a new society, where her status is judged by her class, rather than her colour.[return][return]Raises some good points about England vs the New World, money v poverty, etc etc
A shrewd, spirited historical romance with flavors of Edith Wharton, Daphne du Maurier, Jane Austen, Upstairs, Downstairs and a dash of People magazine that charts a bumpy marriage of New World money and Old World tradition. Prix et récompenses
"Be careful what you wish for. Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage. Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, Cora's story marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James. "For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn't always buy them happiness." --DAISY GOODWIN IN THE DAILY MAIL"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I have to admit that I wasn't sure where the story was going with the Duke...good man or deceiver?
I also liked the read into the help and the politics of the upper servants and the lower servants. Not a huge part of the story, but woven in nicely. ( )