In this first episode of this American Girls trio of episodes, we celebrate the life of Consuelo Yznaga, the first American Girl to marry a Duke, the highest rank in the British peerage. Consuelo makes her match to the Duke of Manchester, but it is for her transatlantic marriage brokerage talents that this duchess is far more remembered.
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Further Reading:
The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York, by Anne de Courcy (Amazon.com)
The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau: Husband Hunting in the Gilded Age, by Julie Ferry (Amazon.com)
To Marry an English Lord: Victorian and Edwardian Experience, by Gail MacColl and Carol Wallace (Amazon.com)
Million Dollar American Princesses, a Smithsonian Channel documentary series (Amazon.com)
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80. American Girls | Consuelo Yznaga Montagu, Duchess of Manchester

A podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering courthouses and country clubs, Dunne’s voice was one for the ages, and Done & Dunne ensures that voice can continue to resonate with audiences today.

History

Society & Culture

True crime

We have a sizzling summertime ahead of us, dipping into Dominick Dunne’s juiciest profiles. Our man Nick wasn’t always scribbling furiously in a courtroom, and his Hollywood roots were never far from his mind.
To whit: In 1984, he sat to interview screen goddess Ava Gardner. Alicia weaves his words with Gardner’s own, from the book she published years after, filling in the portrait of this legendary star.
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167. Dunne Profiles Ava Gardner

In this episode, we round us out of the Dodge Family children, exploring the second set of John F. Dodge's children, including Frances, Daniel, and Anna Margaret.
These kids come along in John’s third marriage to Matilda Rausch, which happens only after the secret marriage to his housekeeper. Many spiderwebs in that, added to scandals, mysterious deaths, and perhaps an adopted child too. 
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166. The Rest of the John F. Dodge Kids: Frances, Daniel, Anna Margaret and Frances?

In this episode, we continue looking at the scandalous divorcing Dodge children, with so much tragedy between all the generations. 
Here, our focus moves to John Francis Dodge and the first set of his children – specifically, John Duval Dodge and Isabel Cleves Dodge Sloane. So many spiderwebs, scandals, and horses too! 
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165. The Other Dodge Kids: John Duval and Isabel Cleves

In this episode, Griffin Dunne joins his family’s writing legacy. Griffin Dunne, actor, producer, and director – and son of Dominick and Ellen Dunne, is releasing a memoir June 11, The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir, and this podcast is excited about it. 
In this excerpt, Griffin reveals his own perspective of a story we have investigated through the lens of his father within our first few episodes.
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164. Griffin Dunne Enters The Family Writers Circle

Move over, Gilmore girls! This week, we turn our investigation to Anna and Delphine Dodge, the mother/daughter pair that takes the 20th by storm! The wife and daughter of one of the founders of Dodge Motors live in extraordinary circles - SO many family connections, real estate, yachts, pearls and scandals too - the Dodge girls are coming in hot!
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80. American Girls | Consuelo Yznaga Montagu, Duchess of Manchester

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