A Well-Behaved Woman
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A novel of a family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, In 1883, the New York Times prints a leng…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Yet she understood a truth she could never say aloud: this ideal life was still deficient. She was not wholly content. Perhaps she should be, but contentment, she had learned, lay beyond money's considerable reach."-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman
"Yet she understood a truth she could never say aloud: this ideal life was still deficient. She was not wholly content. Perhaps she should be, but contentment, she had learned, lay beyond money's considerable reach."-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman
"Alva did suffer when the next wave came, and again and again and again, but a short while later she brought into the Vanderbilt family a girl with tufts of dark hair and wide eyes and the sweetest little bow of a mouth. This infant was perfect. Pain? What pain? Look at this child!"-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman
"Alva did suffer when the next wave came, and again and again and again, but a short while later she brought into the Vanderbilt family a girl with tufts of dark hair and wide eyes and the sweetest little bow of a mouth. This infant was perfect. Pain? What pain? Look at this child!"-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman
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1. The Glitter and the Gold
By: Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A new edition of Consuela Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir—the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downt… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
2. The Address
By: Fiona Davis
3.00
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Fiona Davis, author of The Dollhouse, returns with a compelling novel about the thin lines between … read more
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- new york
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
3. The American Heiress
By: Daisy Goodwin
3.46
Format: 468 pages, Hardcover
Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, The American Heiress marks the debut of a glorious sto… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Happiness is a talent."-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress
"... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away."-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress
"She knew that people generally behaved only as well as they had to."-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress
"When he drew back she said, ‘Don’t you mind?’ ‘Mind what?’ he whispered. ‘My skin. Don’t you mind kissing a coloured girl?"-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress
4. She Walks in Beauty
By: Siri Mitchell
3.58
Format: 304 pages,
For a young society woman seeking a favorable marriage in the late 1890s, so much depends on her so… read more
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5. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- adult fiction
- feminism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
6. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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- historical
- book club
- fiction
- historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
7. Isabella Warrior Queen
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.30
Format: None pages, ebook
The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more
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- historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
8. The First Ladies
By: Marie Benedict
4.04
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more
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- adult fiction
- feminism
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- adult
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- audiobook
9. Victor's Blessing
By: Barbara Sontheimer
4.34
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more
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- historical
- book club
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet, wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her. He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
10. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
By: Anderson Cooper
3.82
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestsell… read more
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- new york
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11. The American Countess (An American Heiress Book 2)
By: Linda Bennett Pennell
4.40
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Yorkshire Dales, August 1913 American heiress India, Lady Kilnsey, enjoys the very comfortable l… read more
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- historical
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- historical fiction
12. An American Beauty
By: Shana Abe
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more
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- audiobook
- historical
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- historical fiction
13. The Second Mrs. Astor
By: Shana Abe
3.98
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of Jennifer Chiaverini and Marie Benedict, this riveting novel takes you inside th… read more
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- adult fiction
- new york
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"It can be difficult sometimes for our families to accept us as people separate from who they are. As separate souls. When we’re young, we’re taught to behave as our parents do—to cherish what they ch…"-Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor
14. The Social Graces
By: Renée Rosen
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in his… read more
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- adult fiction
- new york
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- historical fiction
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15. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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- new york
- historical
- audiobook
16. American Gilt: Début
By: J.D. Peterson
3.99
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
ALSO AVAILABLE ON KINDLE & KOBO! “American Gilt – Début” (Vol 1) "This was the best gilded ag… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
17. American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt
By: Karen Harper
3.66
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Before Meghan and Harry, another American ‘princess’ captured the hand of an English aristocrat. N… read more
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- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
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18. A Well-Behaved Woman
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A novel of a family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, In 1883, the New York Times prints a leng… read more
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- adult fiction
- new york
- 19th century
- feminism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Yet she understood a truth she could never say aloud: this ideal life was still deficient. She was not wholly content. Perhaps she should be, but contentment, she had learned, lay beyond money's cons…"-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman
"Alva did suffer when the next wave came, and again and again and again, but a short while later she brought into the Vanderbilt family a girl with tufts of dark hair and wide eyes and the sweetest li…"-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman
"Consuelo was correct: marrying for money alone was not ideal. Alva hoped for status, too - though not for the reasons her mother had sought it, self-importance and admiration. Status gave a woman mor…"-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman
19. American Princess
By: Stephanie Marie Thornton
4.08
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton... Alice may be the president's d… read more
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- adult fiction
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20. That Churchill Woman
By: Stephanie Barron
3.72
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Paris Wife meets PBS's Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of histo… read more
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- adult fiction
- 19th century
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
21. American Gilt Trilogy: The Complete Trilogy
By: J.D. Peterson
4.50
Format: 1130 pages, Kindle Edition
American Gilt – The Complete 3 Book Trilogy – Now with 9 Million pages read on Kindle! Find out why… read more
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