Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age (P.S.) - Softcover

Mackenzie Stuart, Amanda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060938250 ISBN 13: 9780060938253

Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2020

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Book by Mackenzie Stuart Amanda

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Críticas:

"Mackenzie Stuart has skillfully integrated a great deal of research... and she gives a rich sense of both women."--Washington Post Book World

"highly readable, well constructed, novelish biography...a confident and compelling book."--Contemporary Review

"Fascinating... A thoughtful portrait of two strong, well-educated women who were more than the measure of their extreme wealth."--Seattle Times

"[A] deftly contextualized account."--Vogue

"A saga of transatlantic maneuvers worthy of Henry James or Edith Wharton."--Kirkus Reviews

"A riveting story... Alva and Consuelo emerge as unique and fascinating characters... A very entertaining read."--Publishers Weekly

"Skilfully and sympathetically told. . . . Brilliant."--Antonia Fraser, The Times (London)

"Book lovers, Anglophiles and social historians alike will find much to please them in this fine, well-researched biography."--Virginian Pilot

"[A] fascinating dual biography."--Elle

"Compellingly readable... [Mackenzie Stuart] writes... with the eye of an accomplished historian and with profound sympathy for the central figures."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

Reseña del editor:

The colorful story of the Vanderbilt women, Consuelo and her mother Alva, describes their lurid adventures on both sides of the Atlantic and how their intriguing relationship unfolded during an age of callousness, ambition, and material excess. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Harper Perennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0060938250
• ISBN 13: 9780060938253
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 656