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A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel Of The Vanderbilts - 9781250095480
St. Martin's Griffin
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9781250095480
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The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, from the New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of Americas great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New Yorks 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, in A Well-Behaved Woman Therese 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 rulesand how to break them.
- | Author: Therese Anne Fowler
- | Publisher: St. Martin'S Griffin
- | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 560 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1250095484
- | ISBN-13: 9781250095480
- Author:
- Therese Anne Fowler
- Publisher:
- St. Martin'S Griffin
- Publication Date:
- Oct 01, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 560 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1250095484
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250095480