An interesting book about a strange phenomenon that began around the end of Victoria's reign. American heiresses coming to England in order to snag a title, and impoverished English lords only too glad to snatch at the cash infusion to keep their estates solvent. The book's style is conversational and gossipy, quite fitting for this sort of topic. I would have liked the book to go into more depth on the fates of these heiresses after marriage, but this was clearly not meant to be academic, so I can let some shallowness slide.