Summary of Marlene Wagman-Geller's Women of Means

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 In the Victorian era, marrying socially ambitious heiresses was almost de rigueur for the titled and entitled rich but pound-poor English lords. Resourceful blue bloods offered an exchange of their pedigrees for the wealth of heiresses. #2 Almina’s marriage to Alfred was not sexual, and she was constantly obsessed with the color of her baby’s skin. She eventually had a son with Lord Carnarvon, who accepted Hen