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Author Goodwin, Daisy.

Title The American heiress : a novel / Daisy Goodwin.

Edition First U.S. edition.
Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1493083~S1
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 Nichols Adult Fiction  F GOODWIN    AVAILABLE
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Description 468 pages ; 25 cm
Note Originally published as: My last duchess. London : Headline Review, 2010.
Summary "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 Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals.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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Americans -- England -- Fiction.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Added Title My last duchess.
ISBN 9780312658656 (hardback)
0312658656 (hardback)
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August 20 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: It was a great book with a lot of details about high society in the late 1800's. It was nice that even though she was getting a rolay title due to her mom , that she really loved the duke.
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I found it very hard to care about the characters in this novel. None of them are particularly likeable. You may like it if you are enthralled with the time period (1890s England) but you have to try hard to get past all the shallow, cruel and dull people populating the story! There are better historical novels than this.
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