This is an auction for TO MARRY AN ENGLISH LORD by Gail MacColl & Carol McD Wallace.

Subtitled "TALES OF WEALTH AND MARRIAGE, SEX AND SNOBBERY".

Amazon.com reviews:

"FIVE STARS! This delightful account of how American heiresses in the post-Civil War era packed up their trunks and went husband-hunting in England demonstrates that our national infatuation with British aristocracy is nothing new. The young women had good looks and big bucks; the often debt-ridden Brits had titles, castles and a society that was "more stimulating and more permissive, more leisurely and more sophisticated than Old New York." MacColl and Wallace chronicle the lives of the rich and famous on both sides of the ocean, dishing up spicy gossip, pithy social commentary and obscure historical tidbits. The book also includes witty profiles of leading American ladies and their British lords, piquant period photographs and handy tips on proper etiquette, such as "Any man who changes the direction in which he's spinning his partner during a waltz is a cad."

"FIVE STARS!!!! From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles--just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details--plus photographs, illustrations, quotes, and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette--To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Large format (trade) paperback 2012.

403 pages.

Photographs and other illustrations throughout.

Near new condition.

The cost of shipping is $8.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.