TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodwin,Daisy
TI  - The American heiress: a novel 
SN  - 9780312658656
AV  - PR6107.O6625 M9 2011
U1  - 823/.92 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Americans
KW  - England
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Aristocracy (Social class)
KW  - FICTION / Historical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FICTION / Romance / General
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 19th century
N1  - Originally published as: My last duchess. London : Headline Review, 2010
N2  - "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 Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals.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"--
ER  -