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  1. Nov 8, 2023 · The Buccaneers: How Much of the Show is Based on Real History? Suhina Bisaria. November 8, 2023. Created by Katherine Jakeways, Apple TV+’s ‘The Buccaneers’ is a period drama series about five American heiresses in search of their happy endings, which usually involve British nobility.

  2. Nov 9, 2023 · Apple TV+'s The Buccaneers is based on the unfinished novel by Edith Wharton, but the story has its roots in real historical events. Who were the American heiresses that took England by storm...

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  3. Feb 1, 2022 · Before the 20th century a wife’s inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions.

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  4. Jan 17, 2019 · The woman in question is Chela (Ana Brun), a fiftysomething aristocrat who tends to stay in bed and leave much of the socializing to her long-time partner Chiquita (Margarita Irún), who has to ...

  5. The heiresses, unlikely to be admitted to the highest ranks of New York society, would gain entry to an elite social world, and who needed Mrs. Astor’s drawing room when she could keep company...

  6. Aug 28, 2021 · Some heiresses turned partying or cuckolding into an art – but most were as lost as they were loaded, suggests Laura Thompson in a new book

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  8. Nov 16, 2007 · A look at Forbes' list of the 20 hottest billionaire heiresses. Vanisha Mittal Bhatia. Daughter of Lakshmi Mittal, $51 billion. India. Like her brother, the daughter of India's richest man is ...