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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm eager to hear more of Cora's backstory -- how did her family make its money? [/quote] I wonder if she is part of the movement of New York/Northeasterner heiresses to the industrial age Captains of Industry, who could not find suitable mates in the U.S. (as dramatized in such bodice rippers as "The Buccaneers") ?[/quote] Yes, I think that's right (see also "Daisy Miller") and below, a letter from Julian Fellowes on this point: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/opinion/downton-fans-the-writer-julian-fellowes-suggests-a-book-for-you.html?scp=1&sq=julian%20fellowes&st=cse[/quote]
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