As the release of the final "Downton Abbey" movie approaches, Claire Evans explores the world of Gilded Age socialites and their connection to the British aristocracy. Register for Zoom link.
From the presenter:
Long before the British Invasion, the cash-strapped 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 in the 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 recounts the tales of some of the famously wealthy young Americans who infused bank accounts of many stately homes, including close relatives of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana. She’ll also give travel tips if you’d like to create a Gilded Age tour for yourself.
Claire Evans is an author, former journalist, attorney, and college lecturer who started her love of most things British as she and her mother watched countless Britcoms on PBS. She studied abroad in London and, against the odds, she married a Brit she met in Peoria, Illinois. They lived in England for a number of years. Her business, Tea with Claire, grew from friends asking for travel advice. Her memoir, "High Tea and the Low Down," is the true story of what it's really like to marry a witty Englishman and move to Britain.
Mark your calendars to attend the library's screenings of the first two movies in the Downton Abbey film trilogy so that you are truly prepared for the release of "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" on Sept. 12:
Image credit: “Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough, by Carolus Duran” by Snapshooter46 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Panels | *Registration Required |
TAGS: | DowntonAbbey25 |
