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The titled Americans : three American sisters and the British aristocratic world into which they married
- Title
- The titled Americans : three American sisters and the British aristocratic world into which they married / Elisabeth Kehoe.
- Author
- Kehoe, Elisabeth.
- Publication
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2004], ©2004.
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- Description
- xxiii, 452 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The unforgettable story of three glamorous, intensely close sisters and the extravagance of their privileged world, The Titled Americans tells the saga of Clara, Jennie, and Leonie Jerome, who captivated Victorian and Edwardian high society when they each married titled British husbands. After arriving in New York City in 1850, their father, Leonard Jerome, settled in Brooklyn and became an immensely successful Wall Street speculator who subsequently made and lost several fortunes. In the 1860s his wife, Clarissa, took their daughters to Europe. They caused a sensation upon arrival, and wherever they went they became known as, simply, "the Good, the Witty, and the Beautiful."" "Magnetic and charming, Jennie "the Beautiful" married Lord Randolph Churchill, becoming not only mother to Sir Winston, but also the most famous of the three. One of the first of such transatlantic unions linking American heiresses with members of an increasingly impecunious aristocracy, Jennie's brilliant marriage not only started a trend; it also launched her sisters into the highest circles of society. Even though he'd squandered his small fortune, the dashing Moreton Frewen won the heart of Clara "the Good," while Leonie "the Witty" married into one of the largest landholding families in Ireland, the Leslies. Waves of grave financial hardship afflicted them all, but they rescued one another always, and this is the story's heart - the lifelong, deeply supportive, laughter-filled relationship among them."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-438)
- ISBN
- 0871139243
- LCCN
- 2004050282
- OCLC
- ocm55616294
- SCSB-5149760
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries