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“amanda mackenzie stuart”

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  • Empress of Fashion

    A Life of Diana Vreeland

    by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart ...
    "The first comprehensive bio of legendary magazine editor Diana Vreeland is a can't-put-down read." — PeopleFrom her career at the helms of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue to her reign as consultant to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vreeland had an enormous impact on the fashion world and left a legacy so enduring that must-have style guides still quote her often-wild and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt

    The Story of a Mother and a Daughter in the ‘Gilded Age’ (Text Only)

    by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart ...
    The family trees contained within this ebook are best viewed on a tablet.A fabulously wealthy New York beauty marries a cold-hearted British aristocrat at the behest of her Machiavellian mother – then leaves him to become a prominent Suffragette.Consuelo Vanderbilt was one of the greatest heiresses of the late 19th-century, a glittering prize for suitors on both sides of the Atlantic. When she ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • The Glitter and the Gold

    The intimate, revealing Golden Age memoir from the 9th Duchess of Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt

    by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan ...
    A life of love and glamour as a 19th Century British Duchess: the perfect read for fans of BRIDGERTON and DOWNTON ABBEY'Wonderfully evocative [...] now reissued in an elegant new edition' ― Country LifeConsuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfil her social ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • BEATRICE The Cadbury Heiress Who Gave Away Her Fortune

    by Fiona Joseph ...
    LONGLISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL RUBERY BOOK AWARD 2012"...meticulously researched and written in a lively fashion...really engages us with the subject and [Beatrice's] wider family and times." Liz Broomfield, Libro Blog book“Not only sheds new light on a fascinating history but is a very good read as well.” Daniela Hooghiemstra, Biographer of Kees Boeke“Its clear literary style and dramatic ... Read more

    $12.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Survivors

    How Monarchy Made it into the Twenty-First Century

    by Peter Conradi ...
    In this riveting and extensively researched account, Peter Conradi the celebrated author of The Kings Speech, on which the Oscar award-winning film of the same name was based offers an uncompromising portrayal of Europes royals and reveals the scandals, excesses, conflicts and interests hidden behind the pomp of the ceremonial garb and the grandeur of official functions.At a time when Western ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • On Duty With The Queen

    by Lynne Barrett-Lee ...
    In this honest and entertaining book, Dickie Arbiter recounts his life's journey from a broadcast journalist to becoming a press spokesman to the Royal family, and back again to journalism. He discusses the inner workings of everyday life in Buckingham Palace, and what it was really like to work under the media spotlight with the most famous family in the world.Dickie Arbiter gives his personal ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey

    by The Countess Of Carnarvon ...
    **Explore the fascinating history of the real Downton Abbey as the Crawley family saga makes its way on to the big screen with Downton Abbey, the major motion picture**'An excellent depiction of English aristocratic life ... a compelling portrait' Publisher's Weekly* * * * * *The follow-up to the international bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, this book mo... ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • The Viceroy's Daughters

    by Anne de Courcy ...
    The lives of the three daughters of Lord Curzon: glamorous, rich, independent and wilful.Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (b.1898) and Alexandria (b.1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905 and probably the grandest and most self-confident imperial servant Britain ever possessed.After the death of his fabulously rich American wife in 1906, Curzon's determination to ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • To Marry an English Lord

    Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery in the Gilded Age (An Inspiration for Downton Abbey)

    by Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace ...
    "Marvelous and entertaining." —Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton AbbeyDiscover the true stories behind the women who inspired Downton Abbey and HBO's The Gilded Age, the heiresses—including a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)—who staked their ground in England, swapping dollars for titles and marrying peers of the British realm. Filled with vivid ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Elizabeth II

    Behind Palace Doors

    by Nicholas Davies ...
    A remarkable biography of Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth: Behind Palace Doors, contains secrets of the royal family never previously published in this country. The lives of the Queen, Prince Philip and their children are examined and exposed in detail to reveal the Windsor family's disturbing history of adultery, jealousy and mental cruelty.Award-winning journalist Nicholas Davies examines the mood ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • 1939: The Last Season

    by Anne de Courcy ...
    A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents. They sparkled their way through a succession of balls and parties and ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • D.V.

    by Diana Vreeland ...
    "An entertaining memoir" ( New York Times ) from one of the 20th century's greatest fashion icons.D.V. is the mesmerizing autobiography of Diana Vreeland, the one-time fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue, whose incomparable style-sense, genius, and flair helped define the world of haute couture for fifty years. The incomparable D.V. proves herself a brilliant raconteur . ... Read more

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