• Hardcover
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• The Glitter and the Gold
• Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
• en
• 15 May 2019
• 9788403012868

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Download ´ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ↠ Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan The Glitter and the Gold Read & Download Í 4 E libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario ISBN 978 84 03 01286. Interesting story written in a most uninteresting way Consuelo Vanderbilt had an amazing life raised with unlimited money by an evil social climbing mother married off when young to the Duke of Marlborough living a life as duchess in a Downton Abbey style castle traveling the world later finally divorcing and going on to be a great philanthropist and women s rights activist But not a writer sadly The book was a snore

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Download ´ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ↠ Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan The Glitter and the Gold Read & Download Í 4 Ilt Balsan Consuelo 1877 1964 De la traducción María José Delgado Título original The glitter and the gold Est. I ve seen this book and its author take some rather harsh and I believe unwarranted criticism Granted I have a particular interest in the history of the Vanderbilts and this is the fourth or fifth book I ve read involving their legacy so I was already familiar with some of what Mrs Balsan relates here However referring to her as snobbish simply because of her use of formal English and rather common French idioms says about the would be critic rather than any hubris of the writer s I very much enjoyed Consuelo s writing style managing to impart her struggles and passions without buying into the poor little rich girl narrative with which the world sought to burden her She never seeks to invoke pity I also found that she manages to talk about tireless work and great accomplishments in philanthropy without a hint of self aggrandizement In her world of such extreme comfort she found true meaning in helping othersAnother freuent complaint about The Glitter and the Gold is that too much of it reads like a list of famous people the former Duchess met and entertained Where I do find some of these passages to be a little tedious knowing your Vanderbilt history comes in handy I also think it would ve been interesting to hear about her feelings during some of the well known and public events in her life However this is someone for whom publishing the painful and salacious details would have been untoward I think the Downton Abbey craze helps sales of books like these but then also condemns them to undue criticism when the story doesn t move along like a romance novel The Countess of Carnarvon s books on Highlclere Castle are great examples of this much of the real and very interesting history of Highclere can be found in the plot of the tv show but people find the books boring because they re not juicy enough My suggestion for anyone truly interested in the history and culture of this period or this family is to read Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt first I think that book gives a far complete picture and that this book makes a nice supplement to it Overall a very enjoyable read

Download ´ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ↠ Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan The Glitter and the Gold Read & Download Í 4 Madrid 21 cm 361 p Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada Colección 'Cuadernos de memoria' Vanderb. I m a tad confused In other books I ve read how absolutely miserable consuelo s marriage was but there is no mud racking in this autobiography Amazing how within a couple of generations spurned ex wives would so willingly spill their dirty laundry for all the works to read