Gilded
Author(s): Deborah Davis
This is a beautifully written history of high society in Newport, Rhode Island, from the acclaimed author of "Party of the Century". Newport is the legendary and beautiful home of American aristocracy and the sheltered super-rich. Many of the country's most famous blueblood families - the closest thing we have to royalty - have lived and summered in Newport since the nineteenth century. The Astors, the Vanderbilts, Edith Wharton, JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Doris Duke, and Klaus and Sunny von Bulow are just a few of the many names who have called the city home. "Gilded" takes you along as you explore the fascinating heritage of the Newport elite, from its first colonists to the newest of its new millennium millionaires, showing the evolution of a city intent on living in its own world. Through a narrative filled with engrossing characters and lively tales of untold extravagance, Davis brings the resort to life and uncovers the difference between rich and Newport rich along the way. It is an engrossing multigenerational saga that tells the real story of the rich and famous in Newport.
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'...a witty and informative guide to this most extraordinary of summer colonies.' (Country Life, January 2010).
Deborah Davis is the author of the acclaimed books Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball and Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X. She is a writer and film executive who has worked as a story editor and story analyst for several major film companies.
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 The Season--1913. 2 The Isle of Peace. 3 Reversal of Fortune. 4 The New Newport. "The" Mrs. Astor. 5 Calculated Moves. Alva. 6 The Cottage Wars. Mamie. 7 Upstairs and Downstairs. Tessie. 8 Members Only. 9 Ladies First. Edith. 10 Fast Times. 11 A Very Good Year. Beatrice. 12 That Sinking Feeling. 13 The Binds That Tie. Eileen. 14 There Goes the Neighborhood. 15 Enemies and Eyesores. 16 Fire Sale. 17 Self Preservation. 18 All That Jazz. Jackie. 19 What a Swell Party This Is. 20 The Changing of the Guard. Minnie. 21 Anything Goes. Doris. 22 Tourist Attractions. 23 Who wants to Be a Millionaire? 24 Everything Old is New Again. 25 The Season--2008. Afterword. Bibliography. Photo Credits. Index.
General Fields
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- : Unknown
- : UNKNOWN
- : 0.589
- : 13 November 2009
- : 243mm X 165mm X 27mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Deborah Davis
- : Hardback
- : 747
- : 320
- : illustrations
