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In A Gilded Cage

From Heiress to Duchess

by (author) Marian Fowler

Publisher
Random House of Canada
Initial publish date
Sep 1994
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780394223896
    Publish Date
    Sep 1994
    List Price
    $16.00

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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