The Marrying Americans

A witty and fascinating account of nineteenth-century Anglo-American marriages—from the daughter of a Baltimore merchant who married Napoleon's brother to the Baltimore lady who married Edward VIII… In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience…however, the American girl is always welcome. She brightens our dull dinner parties for us and makes life go pleasantly by for a season. In the race for coronets she often carr