Biography & Autobiography General
In A Gilded Cage
From Heiress to Duchess
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1994
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780394223896
- Publish Date
- Sep 1994
- List Price
- $16.00
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
In a Gilded Cage is the thoroughly entertaining and lavishly illustrated story of five turn-of-the-century heiresses who captured the hands of British dukes in marriage. Laced with a bracing dash on 1990s feminism, Marian Fowler paints an intimate portrait of five individualistic women who defied convention, and provides a sparkling and richly detailed view of the extraordinary excesses of the Gilded Age.
About the author
Awards
- Short-listed, Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction
Editorial Reviews
"This glitzy, gossipy look at American super-money heiresses...is a lively, delightful and informative book."
—The London Free Press
"Marian Fowler stylishly captures each delicious courtship...Her books are the result of witty writing and an empathetic fascination for human error."
—Editor's Choice, The Globe and Mail
"Marian Fowler is one of Canada's best biographers."
—Edmonton Journal