Heiresses - Kaufmann, Miranda
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The sugar plantations of the Caribbean generated vast wealth not only for men, but women also 'A must-read.' Paterson Joseph, author of The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho This money enabled heiresses to marry into the top tiers of the aristocracy, construct lavish country homes, commission the era's greatest artists and influence the nation's politics. Their banquets, dresses and dowries all funded by the exploitation of enslaved men, women and children. Following the lives of nine heiresses, Miranda Kaufmann peers beneath the demure, empire-waisted image of the Georgian heiress to…mehr

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The sugar plantations of the Caribbean generated vast wealth not only for men, but women also 'A must-read.' Paterson Joseph, author of The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho This money enabled heiresses to marry into the top tiers of the aristocracy, construct lavish country homes, commission the era's greatest artists and influence the nation's politics. Their banquets, dresses and dowries all funded by the exploitation of enslaved men, women and children. Following the lives of nine heiresses, Miranda Kaufmann peers beneath the demure, empire-waisted image of the Georgian heiress to reveal a murky world of inheritance, fortune-hunting and human exploitation. From Jane Leigh Perrot, Jane Austen's light-fingered aunt, to Elizabeth Vassall Fox, who faked her daughter's death to maintain custody, Heiresses traces the often scandalous lives of the women who made Britain rich. Kaufmann also unearths the stories of the people the heiresses enslaved, whose labour funded their lifestyles with whom their fates were intimately intertwined.
Autorenporträt
Miranda Kaufmann is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of London's Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Her first book, Black Tudors, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 and was A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer. She has appeared on Sky News, the BBC and Al Jazeera, and she's written for The Times, Guardian  and BBC History Magazine. She lives in North Wales.