Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson

Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies

Laura Thompson with Laura Thompson (Narrator)

13 hours, 3 minutes first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced

Description

Laura Thompson explores the phenomenon of the heiress from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. Take Mary Davies, a child bride at the age of twelve, and her thousand-acre dowry of today's Mayfair and Belgravia, which gave the Grosvenors...

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informative 100%
reflective 37%
challenging 13%
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lighthearted 3%
relaxing 3%
sad 3%

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medium 38%
fast 5%

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