Paperback. Pub Date :2012-03-15 Pages: 414 Language: English Publisher: Workman Publishing Company From the Gilded Age until 1914. more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles - just like Cora Crawley. Countess of Grantham . the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord Filled with vivid personalities. gossipy anecdotes. grand houses. and a wealth of period details -. plus photographs. illustrations. quotes. and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette - To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible.