A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts

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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 America’s great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York’s 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 rules―and how to break them.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin’s Griffin
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2019
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250095484
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250095480
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 1.45 x 8.15 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #30,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #24 in Biographical Historical Fiction #46 in Biographical & Autofiction #297 in Family Life Fiction (Books)
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