A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts /

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 9 mansions, hosted gran...

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Main Author: Fowler, Therese (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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