years of reclusive seclusion… All were combined in the long and turbulent life of Gladys Deacon. The story of the first marriage of Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough, and Consuelo Vanderbilt in ...

A biography of Gladys Deacon, who married the ninth Duke of Marlborough and inspired some of the great names of the Belle Epoque: Rodin and Monet befriended her, Boldini painted her and Epstein ...

She married a duke and was the it-girl of the 1900s, but Gladys Deacon ... ninth Duke of Marlborough (he was the first cousin and close friend of Winston Churchill). Consuelo, Duchess of ...

Gladys Deacon was indeed a duchess, the second wife of the Ninth Duke of Marlborough ... To achieve that look she injected paraffin wax into the bridge of her nose, damaging her legendary looks.

“Your Grace,” said the butler to the Duchess of Marlborough last week, “there are three strange men in the basement.” The Duchess, born Gladys Marie Deacon in Boston, made no reply.

In 1943 Henry “Chips” Channon, a well-known British socialite and Conservative politician, spotted Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough, in a Bond Street jewelry shop. He was shocked by her ...

Hugo Vickers’s life of Gladys Marlborough is an extraordinary and tragic story, with special resonance today The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through ...

In 1943 Henry “Chips” Channon, a well-known British socialite and Conservative politician, spotted Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough, in a Bond Street jewelry shop. He was shocked by her ...