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Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies

Bottom of the pile

20

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

1/100

Critics

40/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Laura Thompson

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press

Date:

February 15, 2022

A look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface.

What The Reviewers Say

Daisy Goodwin,
The Sunday Times (UK)
... excellent.
Violet Hudson,
The Times Literary Supplement (UK)
... exquisite and gossipy.
MEGAN DAVIES,
Culturefly
... expansive, fascinating.
Charlotte Gray,
The Wall Street Journal
The most recent heiresses in this selective catalog refused the default female position of passive victim that characterized earlier incarnations.