Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart

Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart

A fabulously wealthy New York beauty marries a cold-hearted British aristocrat at the behest of her Machiavellian mother then leaves him to become a prominent Suffragette.

‘Skilfully and sympathetically told by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart…It is brilliant…Mackenzie Stuart has treated us to some marvellous vignettes of life at Blenheim in the “Gilded Age”’ Antonia Fraser, The Times

‘A dual life story that reads as pleasurably as the best fiction but with all the intelligence of a first-rate biography…completely absorbing.’ Amanda Foreman

‘It moves, entertains and intrigues.’ Independent on Sunday

‘[…]an intelligent, insightful and highly readable book about the gilded cage of aristocratic marriage.’ Daily Mail

‘The story of Consuelo and Alva has everything: glamour, money, gossip, intrigue and pathos.’ Harpers & Queen

Amanda Mackenzie Stuart was born in Edinburgh in 1954. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, she spent the first part of her career as a scientific filmmaker before joining Renegade Films in 1992.
Screenwriting projects include a television mini-series adapted from Divided Loyalties by Janet Teissier du Cros and 'Number the Stars' by Lois Lowry. Her musical biography of Broadway lyricist Dorothy Fields was produced by HMR Productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1999 starring singer Morag Maclaren. She also co-wrote and co-produced Khaled El Hagar's 'Room to Rent' released in 2000, starring Rupert Graves, Juliette Lewis and Anna Massey.
‘Consuelo and Alva’ is her first book.

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ISBN 13	9780007127313
ISBN 10	0007127316
Title	Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt
Author	Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2006-09-04
Number of pages	608
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.