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The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written byTherese Anne Fowler, a New York Times bestselling author ofZ: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.
Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement.
With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, inA Well-Behaved WomanTherese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules--and how to break them.
A Novel of the Vanderbilts
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/01/2018
- ISBN:
- 9781250095473
- 9781250095473
- Category:
- Historical Fiction
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-01-2018
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 239.01x166.37x31.5mm
- Weight:
- 0.61kg
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