Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age by Eric Homberger

Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age

Eric Homberger

344 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Mrs. Astor, undisputed queen of New York society in the decades before the First World War, created a social aristocracy of unparalleled extravagance and exclusivity. This lively account of her life and the era over which she presided sheds new li...

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