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There will always be and England To Marry an English Lord or, How Anglomania Really Got Started...especially in America From the Back of the Book: AMERICAN HEIRESSES TAKE ON THE PEERAGE In 1895, nine American girls, including a Vanderbilt (railroads), LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), Rogers (oil) and Whitney (New York trolleys), married peers of the British realm among them, a duke, an earl, three barons and a knight. It was the peak year of a social phenomenon that began in the Gilded Age after the Civil War and handed down the legacy of Anglomania, Preppies, the Jet Set, even Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, offspring of such Anglo-American alliances. In all, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles. TO MARRY AN ENGLISH LORD is their story. The book that's comme il faut Tales of wealth and marriage, sex and snobbery, featuring: Stuffy Old New York and Mrs. Astor's 400 Pushy Mamas, Wall Street Fathers & The Quest for Class Edward, The Prince of Wales Who Loved Rich American Girls The Marriage Contract, Keeping House in a Castle, Doing Your Wifely Duty: The Heir & the Spare Complete with: the Parties, the Clothes, the Scandals, the Love Affairs, and 100-Year-Old Gossip That's Still Scorching