A historical account of American heiresses marrying British aristocracy in the late 19th century, inspired by real women behind Downton Abbey.
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A historical account of American heiresses marrying British aristocracy in the late 19th century, inspired by real women behind Downton Abbey.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, fifty years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another world - the New World, to be precise. From 1874 - the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known 'Dollar...
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Brief mentions of marriage and romantic alliances; no explicit content depicted.
No violence or gore depicted.
No profanity or strong language depicted.
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No witchcraft or occult themes depicted.
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Recurring themes of class, wealth, and social climbing in historical context.
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