From Uptown Girls to Downton Abbey: How American Gilded Age Heiresses Invaded the Aristocracy

Long before the British Invasion, the cash-poor lords, viscounts, and dukes of Great Britain shifted their focus from hunting foxes and pheasants to more lucrative targets: cash-flush Gilded Age American socialites who were willing to trade their family’s money for an ancient title and often a chilly reception by British aristocracy. Fans of “Downton Abbey” and “The Gilded Age” on television and film will delight as Anglophile and former U.K. resident Claire Evans shares the stories of some of the famously loaded young Americans whose bank accounts saved many stately homes. She will also offer travel tips! Please register.