Hobnobbing with little Winston Churchill and his mother, there are pages and pages about the families who snipped and sneered. Finally, when she agreed, she was whisked away to England to a life in Blenheim palace. Of course, she hated her domineering mother who locked her in her room, forbidding her to come out until she agreed to marry the title Duke of Marlborough. Others, she notes, simple through all the left over food in the container mixing it all together. Self absorbed, she pats herself on the back for dividing the food in the tins given to the poor. Oh, poor little Consuelo! When reading this book, I didn't know if I should throw it against the wall, or simply muddle through to see if there were any redeeming qualities about poor little rich girl. Here are her encounters with every important figure of the day-from Queen Victoria, Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas, Prince Metternich and the young Winston Churchill.This intimate, richly enjoyable memoir is a wonderfully revealing portrait of a golden age. An unsnobbish, but often amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and downstairs at Blenheim Palace, she is also a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties and major state occasions she attended or hosted. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home-Blenheim Palace.The ninth Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era.
She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfill her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. The Glitter and the Gold is a richly enjoyable memoir is a revealing portrait of a golden age now being celebrated every week behind the doors of Downton Abbey.Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. Balsan is an unsnobbish and amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and downstairs and a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties, and major state occasions she attended or hosted chronicling her encounters with every important figure of the day-from Queen Victoria, Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas and the young Winston Churchill.
She was the real American heiress who lived long before Downton Abbey's Lady Grantham arrived. She sailed to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home-Blenheim Palace. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an English Duke. A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir-the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton AbbeyĬonsuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune.
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