The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour and TragedyiUniverse, 2000 M01 25 - 500 pages Lucius Beebe said that "The nearest thing to a royal family that has ever appeared on the American scene was the Vanderbilts ... their vendettas, their armies of servitors, partisans and sycophants, their love affairs, scandals, and shortcomings, all were the stuff of an imperial routine." Stasz reveals new facts and insights into the fascinating lives of three generations of Vanderbilt women who dominated New York society from the middle of the eighteenth century through the twentieth. Of special interest are the discovery of unpublished letters and a pseudonymous lesbian novel that shed light on the complex character of the most currently famous Vanderbilt woman, Gloria Vanderbilt. |
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The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour and Tragedy Clarice Stasz No preview available - 2000 |
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