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Crowning Glory: American Wives of Princes and Dukes
Richard Jay Hutto
#UB4492
Hardcover, 320 pages; 2007
$31.96
Who knew there were so many? Some are legendary, of course: we all know about Grace Kelly's Monaco fairy tale, or Wallis Simpson's effect on the English monarchy, or the romance of Princeton graduate Lisa Hallaby who lit up the life of King Hussein of Jordan. But there are hundreds of other American wives of princes, dukes, and even kings catalogued in Richard Jay Hutto's fascinating book. Some were "dollar princesses," rich American girls married off to title-rich but otherwise-poor Europeans, at a time when titles were very much in fashion. Others just plain fell in love with dashing princes. The stories of how it all happened are as surprising—and sometimes as magical—as Cinderella's. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white photographs, Crowning Glory gives us a little bit of American history from a new and fascinating perspective.
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