The Resource Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson
Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson
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The item Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Gleason Public Library (Carlisle).
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- Summary
- "New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface . Heiresses: surely they are among the luckiest women on earth. Are they not to be envied, with their private jets and Chanel wardrobes and endless funds? Yet all too often those gilded lives have been beset with trauma and despair. Before the 20th century a wife's inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions. Heiresses tells the stories of these million dollar babies: Mary Davies, who inherited London's most valuable real estate, and was bartered from the age of twelve; Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American "Dollar Heiress", forced into a loveless marriage; Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress who married seven times and died almost penniless; and Patty Hearst, heiress to a newspaper fortune who was arrested for terrorism. However, there are also stories of independence and achievement: Angela Burdett-Coutts, who became one of the greatest philanthropists of Victorian England; Nancy Cunard, who lived off her mother's fortune and became a pioneer of the civil rights movement; and Daisy Fellowes, elegant linchpin of interwar high society and noted fashion editor. Heiresses is about the lives of the rich, who--as F. Scott Fitzgerald said--are 'different'. But it is also a bigger story about how all women fought their way to equality, and sometimes even found autonomy and fulfillment"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 571 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781432898618
- Label
- Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies
- Title
- Heiresses
- Title remainder
- the lives of the million dollar babies
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Thompson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface . Heiresses: surely they are among the luckiest women on earth. Are they not to be envied, with their private jets and Chanel wardrobes and endless funds? Yet all too often those gilded lives have been beset with trauma and despair. Before the 20th century a wife's inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions. Heiresses tells the stories of these million dollar babies: Mary Davies, who inherited London's most valuable real estate, and was bartered from the age of twelve; Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American "Dollar Heiress", forced into a loveless marriage; Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress who married seven times and died almost penniless; and Patty Hearst, heiress to a newspaper fortune who was arrested for terrorism. However, there are also stories of independence and achievement: Angela Burdett-Coutts, who became one of the greatest philanthropists of Victorian England; Nancy Cunard, who lived off her mother's fortune and became a pioneer of the civil rights movement; and Daisy Fellowes, elegant linchpin of interwar high society and noted fashion editor. Heiresses is about the lives of the rich, who--as F. Scott Fitzgerald said--are 'different'. But it is also a bigger story about how all women fought their way to equality, and sometimes even found autonomy and fulfillment"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Laura
- Dewey number
-
- 305.48/21
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ1123
- LC item number
- .T56 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Upper class women
- Heiresses
- Rich people
- Women
- Large type books
- HISTORY / Social History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- Label
- Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1295617200
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 571 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432898618
- Lccn
- 2021061660
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1295617200
- Label
- Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1295617200
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 571 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432898618
- Lccn
- 2021061660
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1295617200
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