One entry reads: 'Lord Arthur's mother is a gorgon.' 'The dowager Marchioness has a liquor cabinet in her bed chamber, of which she takes full advantage before breakfast,' reads another; while a third declares: 'Lord Robert is rumoured to enjoy le vice Anglais' — sadomasochism, to you and me.And so the entries go on, all contained within the New York subscription periodical, The Heiresses's Guide.Launched in the 1870s, the Guide not only listed every member of the British peerage and their marital status, but titillating information about their sexual proclivities, and the characters and foibles of their relatives.
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