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A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts / Therese Anne Fowler.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250095473 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 392 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933 > Fiction. Vanderbilt family > Fiction. Socialites > Fiction. United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Fowle | 31681010124121 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Marrying into the newly rich but socially scorned Vanderbilt clan, a formerly impoverished Alva navigates society snubs and dark undercurrents in the lives of her in-laws and friends while testing the limits of her ambitious rule-breaking. By the New York Times best-selling author of Z. - Baker & Taylor
Marrying into the newly rich but socially scorned Vanderbilt clan, Alva navigates society snubs and dark undercurrents in the lives of her in-laws and friends while testing the limits of her ambitious rule-breaking. - McMillan Palgrave
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 Americaâs great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New Yorkâs 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 rulesâand how to break them.
