![]() ![]() Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules-and how to break them. A Well-Behaved Woman, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Baker's Daughter 'To step into Therese Anne Fowler's stunning novel is to step into Alva Vanderbilt's rarefied world of sprawling homes, delicious society intrigue, and incomparable Gilded Age luxury. 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. Ignored by New York’s old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built 9 mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke.īut Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. A Well-Behaved Woman A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler. The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, from the New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.Īlva 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. A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler, Oct 16, 2018, Macmillan Audio edition, preloaded digital audio player. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts ![]()
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