American Heiresses of the Gilded Age by Melissa Ziobro, The Great Courses

Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/89035to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Heiresses of the Gilded Age Author: Melissa Ziobro, The Great Courses Narrator: Melissa Ziobro Format: mp3 Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins Release date: 12-17-19 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 316 ratings Genres: Royalty Publisher's Summary: Welcome to the era of true marriages of convenience. Discover the reality of trading someone’s hand in marriage, such as an American heiress, in exchange for money, power, or political clout through compelling history lectures. Showcased in novels such as Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence and in present day pop culture through works like Downtown Abbey, the Gilded Age was an era of contradictions. Life on both sides of the Atlantic was grimy and glamorous, prosperous and impoverished, traditional and revolutionary.

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