The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau

In 1895 nine American heiresses travelled across the Atlantic to bag themselves husbands and titles. For the English gentlemen the girls married it was a way to secure their estates. For the girls who came from new money marriage was a means to obtaining social prestige. The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau tells the story of these nine heiresses and the remarkable women who made it happen behind the scenes: unofficial marriage brokers Lady Minnie Paget and Consuelo Yzanga Duchess of Manchester.