The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour and Tragedy

by Clarice Stasz

Overview

Lucius Beebe said that "The nearest thing to a royal family that has ever appeared on the American scene was the Vanderbilts … their vendettas, their armies of servitors, partisans and sycophants, their love affairs, scandals, and shortcomings, all were the stuff of an imperial routine."

Stasz reveals new facts and insights into the fascinating lives of three generations of Vanderbilt women who dominated New York society from the middle of the eighteenth century through the twentieth. Of special interest are the discovery of unpublished letters and a pseudonymous lesbian novel that shed light on the complex character of the most currently famous Vanderbilt woman, Gloria Vanderbilt.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475923537
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/25/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1
Sales rank:	237,267
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Clarice Stasz is the author of The Vanderbilt Women (1991) and American Dreamers (1990). She is a professor of history at Sonoma State University and lives in Petaluma, California.