TY - BOOK AU - Goodwin,Daisy TI - The American heiress: a novel SN - 9780312658656 AV - PR6107.O6625 M9 2011 U1 - 823/.92 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Americans KW - England KW - Fiction KW - Aristocracy (Social class) KW - Social life and customs KW - 19th century N1 - Originally published as: My last duchess N2 - Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, Cora Cash suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage ER -