The Gods of Newport
John Jakes
(Author)
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Description
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of North and South, "the best historical novelist of our time" (Patricia Cornwell). In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island-with its giant marble mansions, lavish dinner parties, and vicious social climbing- is a summer playground of the very rich. Into this rarefied world comes infamous railroad mogul and robber baron Sam Driver. He wants his beautiful daughter to have the best Newport has to offer-even if that means breaking all the rules...
Product Details
Price
$9.99
Publisher
Berkley Books
Publish Date
October 02, 2007
Pages
480
Dimensions
4.3 X 7.4 X 1.2 inches | 0.59 pounds
Language
English
Type
Mass Market Paperbound
EAN/UPC
9780451222343
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John Jakes is the bestselling author of Charleston, the Kent Family Chronicles, the North and South trilogy, On Secret Service, California Gold, Homeland, and American Dreams. Descended from a soldier of the Virginia Continental Line who fought in the American Revolution, Jakes is one of today's most distinguished authors of historical fiction.
Reviews
"A lush new historical saga" from "a master weaver of history and fiction."
"True love confronts Gilded Age class hierarchy in Jakes's latest engaging historical potboiler."
"True love confronts Gilded Age class hierarchy in Jakes's latest engaging historical potboiler."