Season of Splendor The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York

Name: Season of Splendor The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York
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ISBN: 9780470185698

ISBN-10: 0470185694

ISBN-13: 9780470185698

Edition: 2008

Authors: Greg King

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The splendor and the excesses of the 400 Families Even after a hundred years, New York's 400 Families continue to captivate readers. This book brings to life this extraordinary era, from the people and their delicious scandals to their extravagant palaces and opulent balls--a time when Mrs. Astor held sway, the Vanderbilts rebuilt society, and New York was the most glamorous, most envied, and most condemned city in America. Greg King (Everett, WA) is the author of the British bestseller The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson (978-0-8065-2464-1), as well as The Court of the Last Tsar (978-0-471-72763-7), The Fate of the Romanovs (978-0-471-20768-9), and Twilight of…

Book details

List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 6.44" wide x 9.44" long x 1.65" tall
Weight: 2.112



A Note on Currency


Prologue: New York City, 1903



Mrs. Astor Holds Court



The Vainglorious Vanderbilts



Enter the Challenger



The Society Lady



The Society Gentleman



The Court Jester



The Arrivistes



The Edifice Complex



Palaces on Fifth Avenue



Mrs. Astor Joins the Race



Building for Eternity



The Unseen Armies



Clothing



Jewelry



Transportation



Masters of the Hudson



"The Inland Newport"



Monarch of the Smoky Mountains



The Kingdom by the Sea



Swells in Newport



The Social Season



The Society Dinner Party



Society Balls



The Dollar Princesses



A Breath of Scandal



Sailing to Oblivion


Notes


Bibliography


Index