Wedding Days: When and How Great Marriages Began - Hardcover

Gordon, Susan J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688148603 ISBN 13: 9780688148607

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1997

Synopsis

Presents the stories of how hundreds of couples met, courted, and married, including artists, celebrities, statesmen, royalty, and musicians

About this title

About the Author:

1. Susan J. Gordon is the author of more than one hundred articles and essays published in major newspapers and magazines, including Brides, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, and The New York Times. She was Writer-in-Residence 2009 for Victoria magazine. Her work appears in collections such as Sharing the Journey: Women Reflecting on Life's Passages (Sterling Publishing).

Review:

"Pondering a January 6 wedding date? You'll share an anniversary with George and Martha Washington. Fans of the King? Get hitched the same day Elvis wed Priscilla, May 1. October 11 is Bill and Hill's date, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on December 1 and Laura Ingalls wed her farmer boy, Almonzo Wilder, on August 25. In Wedding Days: When and How Great Marriages Began, author Susan J. Gordon devotes 366 pages to 366 couples, spanning 1,500 years. Each brief-yet-satisfying profile offers courtship and wedding details - plus a tantalizing dip into the culture and values of the times. Along with the history, you learn that the more things change, the more they stay the same: Dating has always been a rollercoaster ride; brides and grooms have always had the jitters; parents have always meddled; and the search for true love never, never ends."(Bridal Guide Magazine, Sept - Oct 1999 Denise Schipani) -- y

"Romance rules the day in this hardback book where Susan Gordon has put together an anthology of wedding days and marriages of the great and the good. There is a wedding here for every day of the year and, whilst the book is an obvious choice for an engagement or wedding present, the book has more to offer than simply discovering whose wedding date one shares. "At a time when the cost of weddings is escalating and the event is starting to resemble Christmas in its overblown commercialism and the social pressures of affording the 'dream dress,' the 'right' rings and the 'must-have' marquee, this book provides a little oasis of calm and sense to which to retreat when the wedding stress becomes too much.... "Passionate, amusing or poignant.... An absorbing read and a delightful gift." (amazon.co.uk, Fall 1999 Claire Aloysia Ritson) --

A journey through great love affairs and time, WEDDING DAYS focuses on 366 couples who achieved greatness with each other's help. From Adam & Eve to King Canute & Emma of Normandy to Bogie & Bacall, each couple has a unique story that shows how love develops differently for everyone. -- ELEGANT BRIDE Magazine, Spring 2000

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0688148603
• ISBN 13: 9780688148607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400