Heiresses is a glorious book, endlessly entertaining and about much more than its stated subject. Thompson is a fabulous writer'' Caroline O''Donoghue ''Witty, insightful, deliciously gossip-laden and slightly scandalous... Heiresses makes for an entertaining, occasionally sad and never less than gripping read'' Anne Sebba ''Excellent... [A] wonderfully entertaining book'' Sunday Times''Exquisite and gossipy... Thompson, a gifted storyteller, obviously delighted in the writing of this book'' TLS''[A] deeply empathetic study of heiresses through the ages'' The Times''Life is less sad with money'', said Emerald Cunard; Barbara Hutton was the ''Poor Little Rich Girl'', but which is true?Laura Thompson explores the phenomenon of the heiress from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. Take Mary Davies, a child bride at the age of twelve, and her thousand-acre dowry of today''s Mayfair and Belgravia, which g
