In this episode, we explore the life and legend of Maxine Elliott, builder and operator of the most hopping spot on the French Riviera for decades, the Chateau de l ’Horizon.

A gathering spot for the famous and infamous, this home played host to many in its time – from political leaders to Hollywood stars to royalty. A few folks included in our cast this week: Lady Doris Castlerosse, Winston Churchill, Lady Diana Cooper, Daisy Fellowes, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Prince Aly Khan, the Kennedy family, and Elizabeth Taylor too!

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Listen to Eartha Kitt perform C'est Si Bon on YouTube

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This week, we explore the life and legacy of Frances Ellen Work, another American Girl to make an incredible impact overseas. Frances has a pretty famous great-granddaughter, Diana, Princess of Wales. We explore the story of another Frances too - Diana's mother, Frances Shand Kydd. Lots of connections in this one, throughout the generations!

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In this last of our current trio of American Girls, we explore the life of Consuelo Vanderbilt - who has no choice but to marry into titled folks.

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Further Reading:

The Glitter and the Gold, by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (Amazon.com)

The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York, by Anne de Courcy (Amazon.com)

To Marry an English Lord: Victorian and Edwardian Experience, by Gail MacColl and Carol Wallace (Amazon.com)

The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau: Husband Hunting in the Gilded Age, by Julie Ferry (Amazon.com)

‘Consuelo and Alva’: An Early Story of Celebrity (npr.org)

The Bed Hopping Bride of Blenheim (dailymail.co.uk)

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Our story continues with the second of our three American Girls this week with the legendary Jennie Jerome, the very first one to marry into the British peerage.

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Further Reading:

The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York, by Anne de Courcy (Amazon.com)

Million Dollar American Princesses, a Smithsonian Channel documentary series (Amazon.com)

The Titled Americans: Three American Sisters and the British Aristocratic World into Which They Married, by Elisabeth Kehoe (Amazon.com)

Jennie Churchill: Winston’s American Mother, by Anne Sebba (Amazon.com)

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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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This week, it’s a journey 500 years in the making! Off to Derbyshire we go to spend some time at Chatsworth, the ancestral home of the Cavendish family and the Dukes and Duchesses of Devonshire.

There were many women who claimed the Duchess title, and a few who did not. We explore them all – from Bess of Hardwick to Georgiana Spencer and Deborah Mitford, the ones who did attain the title, as well as the ones who did not – Lady Caroline Lamb, Adele Astaire, and Kick Kennedy among them.

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In this episode, we introduce the unforgettable Mitford Sisters – six women who changed the 20th century, and play in it too. Welcome to the lives of Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah - and all their loves, scandals and legacies too.

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In this episode, we investigate the world of Debutantes, in all of their gloved glory through time.

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In this final episode of our series, we investigate what might have happened to Lord Lucan and the fates of our associated cast of characters in this season. 

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Not only has Lord Lucan disappeared, causing an international manhunt, but Lucan’s friends are closing ranks. In this episode, we investigate the immediate aftermath of Lucan’s deeds and how one of the set, Dominick Elwes, is destroyed by the Clermont set.

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