A season of splendor
Subtitle: the court of Mrs. Astor in gilded age New York
By: Greg King.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780470185698
Subjects: Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, -- 1830-1908; Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, -- 1830-1908 -- Friends and associates; Elite (Social sciences) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Socialites -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Rich people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography; New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography.
Description: "A Season of Splendor takes you on a spectacular journey through this Gilded Age, the period from roughly the 1870s to 1914, when old-money bluebloods and patricians confronted the nouveau riche - railway barons, steel magnates, and Wall Street speculators - and forged an uneasy and dazzling new social order in New York City. Together, their extreme wealth, elaborate parties, marble mansions, shocking excesses, and delicious scandals transformed the social, architectural, and sartorial landscape."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.