03093cam a2200529 4500 2279770026 TxAuBib 20250529120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250095497 1250095492 B07B8WH8G8 Amazon 69ab7c14-82e5-45c2-837f-9b546aa769ff OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3889459 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Fowler, Therese Anne. A Well-Behaved Woman [Bridges eBook] : A Novel of the Vanderbilts. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018. writer of z novel of zelda fitzgerald. new york times bestselling author. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. New York City History. alva smith vanderbilt. manhattan socialite. club recommendation. Historical Fiction. biographical novel. gilded age America. womens suffrage. post-Civil War. 19th Amendment. 20th Century. high society. suffragettes. theresa ann. feminist. scandal. Astor. HTML:<p><b>The</b> <i>New York Times</i> <b>and</b> <i>USA Today</i> <b>bestseller</b><br /> <b>The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by</b> <i>Therese Anne Fowler, a New York Times</i> <b>bestselling author of</b> <i>Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.</i><br /> 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.<br /> With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in <i>A Well-Behaved Woman</i> 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.</p>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-05-28 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69ab7c14-82e5-45c2-837f-9b546aa769ff&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69ab7c14-82e5-45c2-837f-9b546aa769ff&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)