Consuelo Vanderbilt was born into American royalty before being sent away to England at nineteen to marry a British duke against her wishes. The Glitter and the Gold is her story written in her own words as an elderly woman in the 1950s but at times the language feels very modern. She references how easy today’s (1952) children have it and that she is from one of the last generations to be raised with such strictness. Her mother used to discipline her with a switch and […]