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The American Heiress Who Wrote to a Nun
Three weeks before the perfect Gilded Age marriage, Alberta Sturges wrote a letter that gives the whole game away.
Jul 5
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Julie Montagu
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The American Heiress Who Wasn't Sure She Could Love... Until the Morning After Her Wedding
Alberta Montagu’s honeymoon letters, July–August 1905
Jun 7
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Julie Montagu
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When King Edward VII Died... in Japan
Alberta Montagu in Japan, May 1910—the hotel, the shrine, and the telegram that changed everything
May 31
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She Told Hitler She Would Do Everything In Her Power To Stop Him
The extraordinary story of Muriel White — American heiress, Prussian countess, and one of the most courageous women of the Second World War. An…
May 17
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The Woman Who Painted the Gilded Age… And Then Vanished
Meet Amalia Kussner: the American miniaturist who moved through palaces, painted princes, and left almost no trace behind. We need your help to find…
May 10
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She Had Everything. She Climbed to the Top of the World. And Still Couldn't Escape Herself.
Most dollar princesses married a title and called it done. Alberta Sturges went up the Eiffel Tower and asked harder questions.
May 3
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Julie Montagu
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Inside a Gilded Age Cookbook...
...including a peek inside my new book!
Apr 30
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Julie Montagu
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Tomorrow I Shall Be Twenty-Two and Ignorant
From the unpublished diaries of Alberta Sturges, an American Heiress
Apr 26
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Julie Montagu
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An American Heiress in Paris, 1900 — and the Diary She Never Meant Anyone to Read
She Had Everything. She Was Furious Anyway.
Apr 12
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Julie Montagu
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The Night a Twelve-Year-Old American Heiress Watched Joan of Arc Burn
From the unpublished diaries of Alberta Sturges, Paris, January 1890
Apr 5
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Julie Montagu
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“Oh Margot, Pray for Me”
Alberta Sturges, a 'Dollar Princess' on Love, Marriage, and the Fear of Not Being Worthy
Mar 15
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Julie Montagu
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The Pushy Mama: The Woman Behind the Dollar Princess
From Betty Sturges to Alva Vanderbilt, the ambitious mothers who shaped the Gilded Age marriage market.
Mar 8
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Julie Montagu
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