The Titled Americans: Three American Sisters and the British Aristocratic World into Which They Married
by Elisabeth Kehoe
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Set against the backdrop of Victorian and Edwardian society, a portrait of the three Jerome sisters--American heiresses who married into the heights of British society--spans three generations, from their parents through their children.Tags
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While I enjoyed this story and learning about the interesting lives led by the sisters, I also felt that it dragged on for rather longer than it needed to given its subject matter. And I’m a history teacher, so it’s not that I automatically think history non-fiction is going to be boring :). However, the research seemed well done (end notes, yay!), and the stories of the lives of the three sisters and their offspring were woven together nicely.
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Elisabeth Kehoe received her Ph.D. in history from the University of London, and is currently a visiting fellow at its Institute of Historical Research
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Jennie Churchill; Lord Randolph Churchill; Clara Jerome Frewen; Moreton Frewen; Leonie Jerome Leslie; Sir John Leslie, 2nd baronet (show all 7); Winston Churchill
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA; England, UK; Ireland
- Dedication
- To my sister Jenny, with love and admiration
- First words
- Clara and Jennie Jerome spent their childhood in New York.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was indeed a beautiful affection--strong and sympathetic--that weathered for eighty years life's misfortunes as well as its joys and united these three sisters, so different, yet so attached, with a bond broken only by death.
- Publisher's editor
- Toby Mundy; Bonnie Chiang
- Blurbers
- Aldrich, Nelson W.; Cannadine, David; Bradford, Sarah; Flanders, Judith
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- 111
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.53)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 1
