A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts
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The New York Times and USA Today bestseller
The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, a 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 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, 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 rules--and how to break them.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1250095484
ISBN13:9781250095480
Release Date:October 2019
Publisher:St. Martin's Griffin
Length:560 Pages
Weight:1.07 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.3" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent story of a woman before her time
Published by Debbie Oleksy , 3 years ago
This book I read before The Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper.
I’d recommend this one first since you can understand The family history better and Alva Vanderbilt was such a great model.
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