A glorious dream book filled with color photos, advice, etiquette, and style, "Victoria Romantic Weddings" creates a vision of the bride and all that surrounds her as a perfect image to remember always. 200 color photos.

This lavish volume captures all the old-fashioned romance and glamorous tradition of Victorian times. The development of such customs as the courtship and proposal, the trousseau, the bride's flowers, the wedding breakfast, and the ceremony itself, are fully detailed in this perfect addition to the library of anyone who appreciates the splendors of the Victorian past. 75 color and 65 b lack-and-white illustrations.

Whatever your dream wedding, it’s covered here with inspired quotations and romantic photos so you can make it come true. Among the many topics: bouquets, cakes, and invitations; bridal showers, luncheons, and teas; composing the wedding vows or selecting passages to have read; arranging rehearsal dinners; and enjoying the engagement, with its lovely promise of happiness to come.

The bride and groom cordially request your presence for a wedding at Millworth Manor. . . Guests will include Jackson Quincy Graham Channing, New York City banker, and Lady Theodosia "Teddy" Winslow, wedding planner to the finest families in England. Introductions shall be followed by light conversation, dancing, flirtation, arguing, reconciliation, and an impulsive kiss that both parties are quite certain they will never repeat. Until they do. A mutually beneficial fake engagement will be accompanied by all manner of very real complications, scandalous revelations, nefarious schemes, and one inescapable conclusion: That true love--unlike the perfect wedding--is impossible to plan. . . Praise for Victoria Alexander "Sparkling dialogue and endearing characters make this an enthralling read." --Sabrina Jeffries

All Lady Victoria Kirby wants is to dig in the dirt, take notations, and record history. What she doesn’t desire is having to bumble through ballrooms and tolerate the ton’s sly insinuations about her less-than-acceptable appearance. Victoria wasn’t certain what her rather reckless father has in mind for her future. But she certainly isn’t expecting him to gamble her hand in marriage—and lose. After all he witnessed as a child, the Duke of Chase cannot bear to see a woman misused. So when the marquess wagers away his daughter to a lecher of a man, he has no choice but to step in and rescue her. Lady Victoria has a reputation for being as tart as a lemon. He might just have found the perfect wife to keep his age-old promise to never sire an heir. Surely he’d never be tempted to take this lady to bed... Then the duke meets the wild, witty, and intelligent young lady he’s bound to marry. Now trouble is certainly headed his way, and she won’t just threaten the very vow he swore to keep...she might just undo his heart, too. Each book in The Wedding Wager series is STANDALONE: * The Wedding Wager * The Duke's Accidental Bride

Planning a wedding can be stressful, but brides-to-be know they can trust Town & Country to make the process easy and emphasize the cool, calm, and elegant. With this beautiful, invaluable planner, brides can keep track of the countless details that go into arranging the festivities. The package itself is lovely: it comes complete with a hidden spiral, 6 tabbed pages with pockets to hold everything from receipts to notes, a 3-piece cloth case, ribbon marker, and romantic photographs. Inside, sections cover prenuptial activities (such as wedding announcements, buying rings, and setting a budget); wedding attire and flowers; music and photography; the rehearsal, ceremony, and reception; and the honeymoon. On the lined pages, you can write down all the details of each stage: names, telephone numbers, description of services, estimates, and more. With advice, to-do lists, and the ultimate wedding timeline, this planner will help turn a dream into that special, perfect day.

The notion of “happily ever after” has been ingrained in many of us since childhood—meet someone, date, have the big white wedding, and enjoy your well-deserved future. But why do we buy into this idea? Is love really all we need? Author Laurie Essig invites us to flip this concept of romance on its head and see it for what it really is—an ideology that we desperately cling to as a way to cope with the fact that we believe we cannot control or affect the societal, economic, and political structures around us. From climate change to nuclear war, white nationalism to the worship of wealth and conspicuous consumption—as the future becomes seemingly less secure, Americans turn away from the public sphere and find shelter in the private. Essig argues that when we do this, we allow romance to blind us to the real work that needs to be done—building global movements that inspire a change in government policies to address economic and social inequality.

Provides ideas and advice for planning a Victorian inspired wedding, with discussion of Victorian wedding customs, clothing, food, celebrations, flowers, music and entertainment, and the honeymoon.

Experience the fairytale romance and historic wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales in this volume of more than 200 spectacular photographs. Few events capture the worlds heart and imagination like a British royal wedding. Through more than two hundred photographs—including 80 pages of their wedding alone—William & Catherine recounts the couple’s wildly different childhoods, their romance and engagement, the events leading up to the wedding, and the grand affair itself. Here are the massive crowds lining the parade route, the sparkling celebrities at Westminster Abbey, the brides spectacular gown, “The Kisses” on the Buckingham Palace balcony, and the worldwide celebrations. Also included is a brief pictorial history of British royal weddings from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840 to Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981. With informative and fascinating captions, as well as a foreword by renowned royal watcher Robert Jobson, this book magnificently illustrates the pomp, the pageantry, the history and enchantment of the romance that charmed the world.

In this fascinating study, Boden considers the changing social and cultural significance of the wedding in Britain. The book focuses upon a number of issues including the commercialization of the event, the dynamics of heterosexual partnerships, and the influence of romance. The new commercial wedding is further explored in relation to broader socio-structural transformations and the modernization of marriage law. This book draws upon the experiences of marrying couples as well as media evidence.