Gail MacColl is the author of several books, including Inside Oscar : The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards and The Book of Cards for Kids. Gail lives in England.
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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 ... SEE MORE